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The Forgotten Step (1938)

Directed by Leslie Fenton

Overview

An American art collector, living in France in the 1870s, who loses his fortune in a stock market crash devises a scheme to get back his wealth through insurance fraud with the added consequence of potentially killing hundreds of people.  His scheme is to place his art collection aboard a ship, insure the collection far beyond its value, and place a barrel of dynamite with a clock-piece timed to go off when the ship is at sea.

Rated NR | Length 10 minutes

Actors

Monty Woolley | John Nesbitt