Tango (1936)

Director
Phil Rosen

Main cast
Marian Nixon; Chick Chandler; Marie Prevost; Matty Kemp; Warren Hymer

Genres
Drama

Description
Believing his wife to be unfaithful, a husband deserts her and his child. Destitute, the woman is forced to take a job as a tango dancer.


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