
Lupino Delchini, a waiter in a little restaurant, is discharged for giving food to a penniless beggar, and Detective Hartley rewards the Italian by getting him an appointment as pound master. Flora is attracted to Lupino by his kindness, but when he adopts a small Belgian boy, he falls in love with Madame Maureveau, whom he believes to be the boy's mother.


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"h2 {color:#C2410C; font-weight:bold; border-bottom:2px solid #EAB308; padding-bottom:5px; margin-bottom:15px; text-align:center} p {font-size:1.1em; margin:15px 0} a {color:#0E7490; text-decoration:none} a:hover {text-decoration:underline}Altruism as a Double-Edged SwordThe opening act of One Man in a Million introduces Lupino Delchini (George B. Williams) as a man whose moral compass is as unyielding as the cobblestone streets of his working-class neighborhood. His dismissal from a modest resta..."

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George Beban, Dorothy Yost
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1932 · IMDb 5.3


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