The Purchase Price

The Purchase Price

68 mins | Drama, Comedy | July 23, 1932

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.

The Purchase Price

68 mins | Drama, Comedy | July 23, 1932

The Purchase Price
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.
IMDb rating 6.4
Producers Warner Bros. Pictures, The Vitaphone Corporation
Original title The Purchase Price
Directors Dolph Zimmer, William A. Wellman
Writers Arthur Stringer, Robert Lord

Cast

Barbara Stanwyck

as Joan Gordon Gilson

George Brent

as Jim Gilson

Lyle Talbot

as Eddie Fields

Hardie Albright

as Don Leslie

David Landau

as Bull McDowell

Murray Kinnell

as Spike Forgan

Leila Bennett

as Emily

Anne Shirley

as Sarah Tipton (uncredited)

Mae Busch

as Train Passenger Queenie (uncredited)

Mike Donlin

as Shivaree Attendee Tom Buchanan (uncredited)

John "Skins" Miller

as Accordion Player Skins (uncredited)

Carlyle Moore Jr.

as Hotel Desk Clerk (uncredited)

Harry 'Snub' Pollard

as Harmonica Player Joe Atterbury (uncredited)

Jed Prouty

as Elks Crossing Jeweler (uncredited)

Henry Roquemore

as First Man Joan Sings To (uncredited)

Lucille Ward

as Justice of the Peace's Wife (uncredited)

Adele Watson

as Mrs. Sarah Tipton (uncredited)

Clarence Wilson

as Justice of the Peace Elmer (uncredited)