Breakfast for Two

Oct 22, 1937

1h 7m

★ 5.9

SHE GOT HER MAN WITH A SOCK IN THE EYE!

Overview

After a night on the town, Jonathan Blair wakes to find that Texan Valentine Ransome has escorted him home. Valentine is attracted to Jonathan and sets out first to reform him, and his family's near-bankrupt shipping company, and then to marry him. In her way is Jonathan's fiancée, actress Carol Wallace.

Genres

Comedy

Romance

Production Companies

RKO Radio Pictures

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Cast

Valentine Ransome

Barbara Stanwyck

Jonathan Blair

Herbert Marshall

Carol Wallace

Glenda Farrell

Butch

Eric Blore

Justice of the Peace

Donald Meek

Mr. Meggs

Etienne Girardot

Sam Ransome

Frank M. Thomas

Gordon Faraday

Pierre Watkin

Window Washer (uncredited)

Bobby Barber

Clarence - Blair's Butler (uncredited)

Sidney Bracey

Joe - Blair's Chauffeur (uncredited)

Harold Goodwin

Receivership Hearing Judge (uncredited)

George Irving

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