Girl Overboard

Girl Overboard

Drama | July 28, 1929

A young man is sentenced to prison for a term of eight years, yet he's allowed out if he promises not to get married for those eight years, lest he be forced to complete his sentence behind bars. He goes to live on an old ship in the harbor with an old sea captain. One day a homeless girl is fished out of the water and brought to live on the boat, soon marrying the young man. All is well until his parole officer finds out.

Girl Overboard

Drama | July 28, 1929

Girl Overboard
A young man is sentenced to prison for a term of eight years, yet he's allowed out if he promises not to get married for those eight years, lest he be forced to complete his sentence behind bars. He goes to live on an old ship in the harbor with an old sea captain. One day a homeless girl is fished out of the water and brought to live on the boat, soon marrying the young man. All is well until his parole officer finds out.
Producers Universal Pictures
Original title Girl Overboard
Directors Wesley Ruggles
Writers John B. Clymer, Paul Schofield

Cast

Mary Philbin

as Joan

Fred MacKaye

as Denton Ford Jr (as Fred Mackaye)

Otis Harlan

as Joe Evans

Francis McDonald

as Francisco

Edmund Breese

as Jim Keefe

Wilfrid North

as Judge