The Girl Who Had Everything (1953)

Director
Richard Thorpe

Main cast
Elizabeth Taylor; Fernando Lamas; William Powell; Gig Young; James Whitmore

Genres
Romance, Drama

Description
Attorney's daughter falls for one of his gangster clients.


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