Beating Heart (1940)

(6.2) based on 19 votes
Tells the story of a young woman escaping from reform school who tries to steal a foreign ambassador's watch but ends up falling in love with him.
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Release Date
Feb 01, 1940
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01h 37m
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Tells the story of a young woman escaping from reform school who tries to steal a foreign ambassador's watch but ends up falling in love with him.

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