The Purchase Price (1932)

Comedy Drama

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.

Updated May 21 2020

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US -

1932-07-23

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FACTS

Runtime: 68 mins Rating: 6.8 Tag Line: She took another woman's place on her wedding night!

Cast

Mike Donlin

Shivaree Attendee Tom Buchanan (uncredited)

Barbara Stanwyck

Joan Gordon Gilson

Anne Shirley

Sarah Tipton (uncredited)

George Brent

Jim Gilson

Hardie Albright

Don Leslie

Leila Bennett

Emily

Lyle Talbot

Eddie Fields

Mae Busch

Train Passenger Queenie (uncredited)