Babies for Sale (1940)
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Telecast dozens of times on cable television back in the 1980s, Columbia's Babies for Sale was another stepping-stone on Glenn Ford's road to stardom. The story concerns a crooked adoption racket, operating out of a supposedly charitable maternity home. The establishment's staff uses methods of persuasion both subtle and overt to convince the unfortunate mothers-to-be to give up custody of their unborn children, which are then sold to adoptive parents who've had no luck within legal channels. Those expectant mothers who protest against these shady goings-on have a habit of disappearing without a trace. The racket is exposed by crusading reporter Steve Burton (Glenn Ford), with the aid of inquisitive maternity-home inmate Ruth Williams (Rochelle Hudson). ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
Complete Cast:
- Rochelle Hudson - Ruth Williams
- Miles Mander - Dr. Rankin
- Georgia Caine - Miss Talbot
- Eva Hyde - Gerda Honaker
- Mary Currier - Mrs. Kingsley
- Douglas Wood - Dr. Aleshire
- Helen Brown - Mrs. Anderson
- Glenn Ford - Steve Burton
- Joseph Stefani - Dr. Gaines
- Isabel Jewell - Edith Drake
- Selmar Jackson - Mr. Kingsley
- Edwin Stanley - Mr. Edwards
- John Qualen - Mr. Anderson
- Director(s):
- Charles Barton
- Writer(s):
- Robert D. Andrews
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