Golden Harvest

Sep 21, 1933

1h 12m

★ 5.0

ONE MAN against 20 MILLION weaving a plot that shook a nation!

Overview

A play by Nina Wilcox Putnam was the source for the empire-building drama Golden Harvest. Ambitious grain trader Chris Martin corners the wheat market and becomes a millionaire. Outgrowing his humble farm beginnings, Chris makes a bid for respectability by marrying Chicago socialite Cynthia Flint.

Genres

Drama

Production Companies

Paramount Pictures

Golden Harvest Trailers

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Cast

Walt Martin

Richard Arlen

Chris Martin

Chester Morris

Cynthia Flint

Genevieve Tobin

Louis Jenkins aka Loopey Lou

Roscoe Ates

Ellen Goodhue

Julie Haydon

Lydia

Elizabeth Patterson

Eben Martin

Berton Churchill

Hugh Jackson

Lawrence Gray

Henry Flint

Henry Kolker

Doctor Hoyt

Richard Carle

Jason Bowers

Charles Sellon

Judge Goodhue

Frederick Burton

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