The Love Wager

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The Love Wager
Directed byA. Cyran
Written byMoira Dale
Produced byE.A. Fell
Starring Pat Paterson
Frank Stanmore
Wallace Douglas
Production
company
Anglo-European
Distributed by Paramount British Pictures
Release date
  • 1933 (1933)
Running time
64 minutes
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish

The Love Wager is a 1933 British comedy film directed by A. Cyran and starring Pat Paterson, Frank Stanmore and Wallace Douglas. [1] It was released by Paramount Pictures as a quota quickie. [2]

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Plot summary

Before he can receive her father's consent a young man works to try to earn £1,500 in a year to marry his girlfriend.

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References

  1. BFI | Film & TV Database | The LOVE WAGER (1933)
  2. Chibnall p.273

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