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Little Friend is a film of genre Drama directed by Berthold Viertel released in USA on 18 november 1934 with Matheson Lang

Little Friend (1934)

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Released in USA 18 november 1934
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Genres Drama
Rating66% 3.3490953.3490953.3490953.3490953.349095

Little Friend is a 1934 British drama film directed by Berthold Viertel and starring Matheson Lang, Nova Pilbeam and Lydia Sherwood. The film was based on a novel by Ernst Lothar and adapted for the screen by Margaret Kennedy and Christopher Isherwood.

Synopsis

A young girl (Pilbeam) slowly becomes aware that her parent's marriage is disintegrating.

Actors

Matheson Lang

(John Hughes)Lydia Sherwood

(Helen Hughes)Nova Pilbeam

(Felicity Hughes)Arthur Margetson

(Hilliard)Jean Cadell
And :
Jimmy Hanley
Gibb McLaughlin
Cecil Parker
Clare Greet
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