The Purchase Price

Jul 23, 1932

1h 8m

★ 6.5

She took another woman's place on her wedding night!

Overview

Nightclub singer Joan Gordon runs away from her gangster boyfriend to become a mail-order bride to a struggling North Dakota farmer. Their relationship has a rocky start, but just as Joan realizes she's developing feelings for her husband, her old boyfriend arrives to win her back.

Genres

Drama

Comedy

Production Companies

The Vitaphone Corporation

Warner Bros. Pictures

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Cast

Joan Gordon Gilson

Barbara Stanwyck

Jim Gilson

George Brent

Eddie Fields

Lyle Talbot

Don Leslie

Hardie Albright

Bull McDowell

David Landau

Spike Forgan

Murray Kinnell

Emily

Leila Bennett

Sarah Tipton (uncredited)

Anne Shirley

Train Passenger Queenie (uncredited)

Mae Busch

Shivaree Attendee Tom Buchanan (uncredited)

Mike Donlin

Accordion Player Skins (uncredited)

John 'Skins' Miller

Hotel Desk Clerk (uncredited)

Carlyle Moore Jr.

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