Invitation

The Story of a Borrowed Love!

6.5/1019521h 24mReleased

DramaRomance

A rich man buys a husband for his dying daughter and she finds out.

Released: Jan 29, 1952

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Van Johnson

Dan Pierce

Dorothy McGuire

Ellen Pierce

Ruth Roman

Maud Redwick

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