The Purchase Price

  • Drama
  • Comedy
7/23/1932
68
NR

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

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.

Director:
William A. Wellman
Writers:
Arthur Stringer
Robert Lord
    • farm
    • marriage
    • fistfight
    • farm life
    • north dakota
    • singer
    • mail order bride
    • pre-code
    • shivaree
    • seed
    • nightclub singer
    • unhappy marriage
    • indecent proposal
    • farming couple
    • runaway woman

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    Cast

    • Barbara Stanwyck
      Joan Gordon Gilson
    • George Brent
      Jim Gilson
    • Lyle Talbot
      Eddie Fields
    • Hardie Albright
      Don Leslie
    • David Landau
      Bull McDowell
    • Murray Kinnell
      Spike Forgan
    • Leila Bennett
      Emily
    • Anne Shirley
      Sarah Tipton (uncredited)
    • Mae Busch
      Train Passenger Queenie (uncredited)
    • Mike Donlin
      Shivaree Attendee Tom Buchanan (uncredited)
    • John 'Skins' Miller
      Accordion Player Skins (uncredited)
    • Carlyle Moore Jr.
      Hotel Desk Clerk (uncredited)
    • Harry 'Snub' Pollard
      Harmonica Player Joe Atterbury (uncredited)
    • Jed Prouty
      Elks Crossing Jeweler (uncredited)
    • Henry Roquemore
      First Man Joan Sings To (uncredited)
    • Lucille Ward
      Justice of the Peace's Wife (uncredited)

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