What Money Can Buy

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What Money Can Buy
Directed by Edwin Greenwood
Written by Ben Landeck (play)
Arthur Shirley (play)
Edwin Greenwood
Produced by Maurice Elvey
Gareth Gundrey
Starring Madeleine Carroll
Humberston Wright
John Longden
Alf Goddard
Production
company
Distributed by Gaumont British Distributors
Release date
  • July 1928 (1928-07)
Running time
6,400 feet [1]
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguagesSilent
English intertitles

What Money Can Buy is a 1928 British silent drama film directed by Edwin Greenwood and starring Madeleine Carroll, Humberston Wright and John Longden. [2] The screenplay concerns a man who makes a bet that he can seduce a woman.

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Plot

A rake makes a bet that he can seduce a woman if he offers her enough money.

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References

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  2. BFI.org [ dead link ]

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