The Eleventh Commandment (1933 film)

{{Short description|1933 film}}

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{{Infobox film

|name = The Eleventh Commandment

|image = The Eleventh Commandment (1933 film).jpg

|caption =

|director = George Melford

|producer = M.H. Hoffman

|writer = Brandon Fleming (play)
Adele Buffington
Kurt Kempler

|starring = Marian Marsh
Theodore von Eltz
Alan Hale

|music = Abe Meyer

|cinematography = Harry Neumann
Tom Galligan

|editing = Mildred Johnston

|studio = Allied Pictures

|distributor = Weiss Brothers

|released = {{Film date|1933|3|25}}

|runtime = 68 minutes

|country = United States

|language = English

}}

The Eleventh Commandment is a 1933 American pre-Code drama film directed by George Melford and starring Marian Marsh, Theodore von Eltz and Alan Hale. It is based on a play by Brandon Fleming.{{cite book|last=Goble|first=Alan|title=The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film|publisher=Walter de Gruyter|orig-year=1999|year=2011|page=160|isbn=978-3598114922}} The story had previously been made into a 1924 British silent film.

Plot

When a wealthy unmarried woman dies without heirs, her estate is entrusted to her attorney. However his partner at the law firm schemes to get his hands on the money and hires a barmaid to pretend to be a relative and claim the estate.

Cast

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