''What Money Can Buy'' is a 1928 British silent

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directed by

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and starring

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and

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/ref> The screenplay concerns a man who makes a bet that he can seduce a woman.

Plot

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makes a bet that he can seduce a woman if he offers her enough money.

Cast

- Rhoda Pearson *

- Reverend Dennis Norton *

- Ralph Tresham *

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- Alf * Cecil Barry - James Lorrimer *

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- Mrs. Lorrimer *

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- Cleaner *

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- Client

References

Bibliography

* Low, Rachael. ''History of the British Film, 1918-1929''. George Allen & Unwin, 1971.

External links

* 1928 films British silent feature films Films directed by Edwin Greenwood 1928 drama films British drama films Films shot at Lime Grove Studios British films based on plays British black-and-white films 1920s English-language films 1920s British films Silent drama films {{1920s-UK-film-stub