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The Purchase Price (1932)

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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.

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Cast & Crew

Director
William A. Wellman
  • Profile picture of Barbara Stanwyck
    Joan Gordon Gilson Barbara Stanwyck
  • Profile picture of George Brent
    Jim Gilson George Brent
  • Profile picture of Lyle Talbot
    Eddie Fields Lyle Talbot
  • Profile picture of Hardie Albright
    Don Leslie Hardie Albright
  • Profile picture of David Landau
    Bull McDowell David Landau
  • Profile picture of Murray Kinnell
    Spike Forgan Murray Kinnell
  • Profile picture of Leila Bennett
    Emily Leila Bennett
  • Profile picture of Anne Shirley
    Sarah Tipton (uncredited) Anne Shirley

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