Bank teller Barry Webster is driven to stealing bank funds by his mother-in-law who continually nags him about forcing her daughter Muriel to live in poverty. He is caught and sent to prison and, while there, the mother forces Muriel to divorce him and marry a wealthy industrialist.
If you have an hour to spare and love old, dusty melodramas where characters make the absolute worst decisions, Motive for Revenge is a fun little time capsule. But if you hate creaky 1930s acting and plots that rely on people being incredibly dumb, you should probably skip this one. 🍿 The whole thing starts because ...
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Burt P. Lynwood
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"If you have an hour to spare and love old, dusty melodramas where characters make the absolute worst decisions, Motive for Revenge is a fun little time capsule. But if you hate creaky 1930s acting and plots that rely on people being incredibly dumb, you should probably skip this one. 🍿 The whole thing starts because Barry, a bank teller played by Donald Cook, has the world's most annoying mother-in-law. She literally nags him into stealing bank funds because she thinks her daughter Muriel is l..."
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Stuart Anthony
United States
1934 · IMDb 5.8
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