Daughter of Deceit
★ 5.9 · 1951 · 78m · Drama · Comedy
In the drama, a father, firmly believing that the baby daughter in his arms is not his own, abandons her upon the doorstep of the town drunk. Many years pass, and the man finds himself continually wracked with guilt about deserting her.
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