''The Pleasure Buyers'' is a 1925 American silent

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directed by

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and starring

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, and

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. It was made by

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In 1926 it was released in Britain by Gaumont British Distributors.

Synopsis

When Gene Cassenas is shot dead in the living room of his palatial house, former police commissioner Tad Workman is called in. It appears to him that there are six prime suspects for the murder including attractive socialite Joan Wiswell. Workman now has to establish both who killed the dead man and how.

Cast

Preservation status

A print of ''The Pleasure Buyers'' is held at

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References

Bibliography

* Goble, Alan. ''The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film''. Walter de Gruyter, 1999.

External links

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