Stolen Paradise (1940)

10.0/10 79 min Drama

Overview

Robert Gordon, a sheltered 18-year-old youth reared in a Catholic school, believes he has a vocation for the priesthood. He is taken to live with his father in his palatial Florida home. There he falls in love with his step-sister, Patricia Morrow, ten years his senior. He runs away and joins the R.A.F. Shot down in battle, he is rescued and taken to a monastery where he renounces the world to study for the priesthood.

Cast

Leon Janney

Richard 'Dick' Gordon

Eleanor Hunt

Patricia Morrow

Esther Muir

Mrs. Ellen Gordon

Wilma Francis

Jerry Dean

Edna Mae Harris

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George Williams

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James Ford

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