Spendthrift

Jul 22, 1936

1h 20m

★ 5.0

He ran a fortune into a shoestring in his hunt for romance!

Overview

A profligate, polo-playing playboy (Henry Fonda) is married to a beautiful but superficial heiress (Mary Brian). They divorce, and the wife gets all the money. But the humbled (and impoverished) Fonda finds true love in the arms of Pat Paterson, who cares nothing for material things.

Genres

Romance

Production Companies

Walter Wanger Productions

Paramount Pictures

Spendthrift Trailers

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Cast

Townsend Middleton

Henry Fonda

Valerie 'Boots' O'Connell

Pat Paterson

Sally Barnaby

Mary Brian

Uncle Morton Middleton

George Barbier

Bill McGuire

Edward Brophy

Popsy

Richard Carle

Col. Barnaby

Spencer Charters

Topsy Martin

June Brewster

Beuhl - the Butler

Halliwell Hobbes

Enrico

Jerry Mandy

Valet

Miki Morita

Hilda - the Maid

Greta Meyer

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