Movie·1938·0h 10m

The Forgotten Step

Directed By

Leslie Fenton

Country

United States of America

Language

English

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The Story

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.

Written By

John Nesbitt

Producer

Jack Chertok

Themes

art collectorkillingdynamiteinsurance fraudartbarrelstock market crash

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