The Runaway Bride

May 4, 1930

1h 9m

★ 5.0

Overview

Mary Gray elopes to Atlantic City, NJ, but begins having second thoughts about the marriage. Then she becomes inexplicably locked in her hotel room, and a series of cops, robbers and kidnappers passes through. Desperate, Mary trusts the shifty chambermaid Clara who whisks her away to the mansion of wealthy George Blaine. There, Mary must pretend to be a lowly cook, but that seems better than sticking with the guy she was engaged to.

Genres

Drama

Crime

Production Companies

RKO Radio Pictures

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Cast

Mary Gray

Mary Astor

George Edward Blaine

Lloyd Hughes

Clara Muldoon

Natalie Moorhead

Sergeant Daly

Paul Hurst

Richard Mercer

David Newell

Williams

Edgar Norton

Barney Black

Francis McDonald

'Red' Dugan

Maurice Black

Shorty

Phil Brady

Mechanic

Eddy Chandler

Policeman

Edward Keane

Dr. Kent

Theodore Lorch

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