High Stakes

High Stakes

72 mins | Aug. 18, 1931

High Stakes is a 1931 American Pre-Code comedy drama produced and released by RKO Pictures. The picture was directed by Lowell Sherman who also stars and marks the last starring screen appearance of silent screen diva Mae Murray. It is based on a 1924 Broadway play that starred Sherman playing the same role he plays in this film.

High Stakes

72 mins | Aug. 18, 1931

High Stakes
High Stakes is a 1931 American Pre-Code comedy drama produced and released by RKO Pictures. The picture was directed by Lowell Sherman who also stars and marks the last starring screen appearance of silent screen diva Mae Murray. It is based on a 1924 Broadway play that starred Sherman playing the same role he plays in this film.
Producers RKO Radio Pictures
Original title High Stakes
Directors Lowell Sherman
Writers J. Walter Ruben

Cast

Lowell Sherman

as Joe Lennon

Mae Murray

as Dolly Jordan Lennon

Karen Morley

as Anne Cornwall

Edward Martindel

as Richard Lennon

Leyland Hodgson

as Louis Winkler (aka Louis DeSalta)

Ethel Levey

as Mrs. Leonore Gregory

Alan Roscoe

as Judge Hennessey

Maude Turner Gordon

as Mrs. Hennessey

Charles Coleman

as Murray

Phillips Smalley

as Mr. Gregory

Frank Mills

as Barfly (uncredited)

Alexander Pollard

as Servant (uncredited)