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Release, runtime and language
1930 · 62 mins · English
Directed by
Frank R. Strayer
Starring
Paul Hurst, Sam Hardy, Robert Livingston, Harry Todd, Tom London, Dorothea Wolbert

At the stroke of midnight Peter Foley learns he can claim a million‑dollar inheritance, but he has no wife to satisfy the condition. To meet the deadline he hires a woman to pose as his spouse, launching a series of comedic mishaps and mysterious twists. If he isn’t married by midnight, the fortune will pass to his uncle, who lives in a reputedly haunted house.

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