The Adventuress from the Floor Above Trailer (1941)
"A comedy in which a young lawyer allows a strange beautiful women to stay overnight at his place with unforeseen consequences"20 October 1941Comedy80 mins
A comedy in which a young lawyer, with a very jealous wife, ends up hosting a woman from his building for a night, with strange consequences
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