What Would You Do, Chums? (1939)
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John Baxter
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Syd Walker
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Soon after junk man Syd Walker takes Lucy under his wing, she falls in love with fellow-lodger Mike Collins. When Syd finds out that Mike is connected to a forgery operation, he forces him to confess all to Lucy, and when he promises to go straight, Lucy forgives him. Nevertheless Mike continues his criminal activites and is arrested.
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