The Reckless Hour

Aug 15, 1931

1h 11m

★ 7.0

Her Love Lived an Hour- Her Penalty Lasted a Life Time!

Overview

Seduced and abandoned, with child, by a charming cad, a former New York fashion model learns to detest the male race in general until befriended by a warm-hearted artist-type who shows her that life -- and men -- ain't so bad in this early talkie drama.

Genres

Drama

Production Companies

First National Pictures

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Cast

Margaret 'Margie' Nichols

Dorothy Mackaill

Edward 'Eddie' Adams

Conrad Nagel

Walter Nichols

H.B. Warner

Allen Crane

Joan Blondell

Allen Crane

Walter Byron

Harry Gleason

Joe Donahue

Mrs. Susie Jennison

Dorothy Peterson

Harriett Nichols

Helen Ware

Seymour Jennison

Billy House

Howard Crane

Claude King

Crane's Butler (uncredited)

James T. Mack

Rita (uncredited)

Mae Madison

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