Min and Bill
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A pre-code melodrama centered on a working-class woman's maternal bond and the wrenching choices she faces to protect the young woman she raised.
Min, the owner of a dockside hotel, is forced to make difficult decisions about the future of Nancy, the young woman she took in as an infant.
Essence
Ensemble
Marie Dressler
Min Divot
Wallace Beery
Bill
Dorothy Jordan
Nancy Smith
Marjorie Rambeau
Bella Pringle
Don Dillaway
Dick Cameron
DeWitt Jennings
Groot
Russell Hopton
Alec
Frank McGlynn Sr.
Mr. Southard
Gretta Gould
Mrs. Southard
Hank Bell
Sailor in Barbershop (uncredited)
Jack Pennick
Merchant Seaman Checking in at Hotel (uncredited)
Henry Roquemore
Bella's Lover Aboard Ship (uncredited)
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