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The Money Habit (1924)

The Money Habit poster
Directed by
Walter Niebuhr
Genre
silent film, crime film
Country
United Kingdom
Rating
9.0 of 10 from 1 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A man and his mistress trick a wealthy financier into buying a useless oil well. The film follows their con as it unfolds.

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What happens

The Money Habit is a 1924 British silent crime film directed by Walter Niebuhr and starring Clive Brook, Annette Benson and Nina Vanna. It was based on a novel by Paul M. Potter. The screenplay concerns a man whose mistress helps him con a financier into buying a worthless oil well. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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