The Purchase Price
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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.
Status: Released
Released Date: 1932-07-23
Runtime: 68 mins
Director: William A. Wellman
Writer: Robert Lord, Arthur Stringer
Spoken language: English
Genres: Drama, Comedy
Original title: The Purchase Price
Production Companies: The Vitaphone Corporation, Warner Bros. Pictures
Production Countries: United States of America
Cast
Barbara Stanwyck
George Brent
Lyle Talbot
Hardie Albright
David Landau
Murray Kinnell
Leila Bennett
Anne Shirley
Mae Busch
Mike Donlin
John 'Skins' Miller
Carlyle Moore Jr.
Harry 'Snub' Pollard
Jed Prouty
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