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Fixer Dugan (1939)

Fixer Dugan poster
Directed by
Lew Landers
Genre
drama film
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 01m
Rated
NR
Rating
6.5 of 10 from 5 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A circus promoter takes on the care of an orphaned girl. He tries to balance his big-top work with helping her.

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What happens

Fixer Dugan is a 1939 American drama film starring Lee Tracy as a circus promoter who decides to help out an orphaned girl, played by Virginia Weidler. The film was directed by Lew Landers, released by RKO Radio Pictures and is based on the play What's a Fixer For? by H.C. Potter. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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