

The Girl from Avenue A
1940-08-09 · 71 min · ★ 7.5
A tough girl raised in the streets finds that her dialect and manners are helpful as source material for a playwright.
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- Directors
- Otto Brower
- Production companies
- 20th Century Fox
- Countries
- United States of America
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- Released
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Jane WithersJane
Kent TaylorMacMillan Forrester
Kay AldridgeLucy
Elyse KnoxAngela
Laura Hope CrewsMrs. Forrester
Jessie RalphMrs. Van Dyne
Harry ShannonTimson
Vaughan GlaserBishop Phelps
Rand BrooksSteve
Ann ShoemakerMrs. Maddox
George HumbertSylvester Gallupi
Carole Mathews
Caren MarshMinor RoleTitle information and images are supplied by TMDb. Explore our discovery guide for advice on comparing metadata and legal viewing options.
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