Spendthrift

Spendthrift

80 mins | Romance | July 22, 1936

A profligate, polo-playing playboy (Henry Fonda) is married to a beautiful but superficial heiress (Mary Brian). They divorce, and the wife gets all the money. But the humbled (and impoverished) Fonda finds true love in the arms of Pat Paterson, who cares nothing for material things.

Spendthrift

80 mins | Romance | July 22, 1936

Spendthrift
A profligate, polo-playing playboy (Henry Fonda) is married to a beautiful but superficial heiress (Mary Brian). They divorce, and the wife gets all the money. But the humbled (and impoverished) Fonda finds true love in the arms of Pat Paterson, who cares nothing for material things.
Producers Paramount, Walter Wanger Productions
Original title Spendthrift
Directors Raoul Walsh
Writers Bert Hanlon, Eric Hatch, Raoul Walsh

Cast

Henry Fonda

as Townsend Middleton

Pat Paterson

as Valerie 'Boots' O'Connell

Mary Brian

as Sally Barnaby

George Barbier

as Uncle Morton Middleton

Edward Brophy

as Bill McGuire

Richard Carle

as Popsy

Spencer Charters

as Col. Barnaby

June Brewster

as Topsy Martin

Halliwell Hobbes

as Beuhl - the Butler

Jerry Mandy

as Enrico

Miki Morita

as Valet

Greta Meyer

as Hilda - the Maid

Robert Strange

as Ransom

Don Brodie

as Reporter

Lester Dorr

as Reporter

Grace Goodall

as Uncle Morton Middleton's Nurse

Jonathan Hale

as Attorney

Russell Hicks

as Attorney

Charles Irwin

as Carlton (polo player)

Clarence Muse

as Restaurant Table Captain

William Ruhl

as Radio Operator

Carl Stockdale

as Uncle Morton Middleton's Doctor

Guy Usher

as Sheriff

Emmett Vogan

as Radio Station Executive

Ruth Warren

as Eleanor - Uncle Morton Middleton's Secretary

Gayne Whitman

as Radio Announcer

J. M. Kerrigan

as Pop O'Connell