The Purchase Price

6.5
  • Genre: DramaComedy
  • Run time: 68 min
  • Premiere: 1932. July 23.

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.

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Barbara Stanwyck

Joan Gordon Gilson

George Brent

Jim Gilson

Lyle Talbot

Eddie Fields

Hardie Albright

Don Leslie

David Landau

Bull McDowell

Murray Kinnell

Spike Forgan

Anne Shirley

Sarah Tipton (uncredited)

Mae Busch

Train Passenger Queenie (uncredited)

Mike Donlin

Shivaree Attendee Tom Buchanan (uncredited)

John 'Skins' Miller

Accordion Player Skins (uncredited)

Carlyle Moore Jr.

Hotel Desk Clerk (uncredited)

Harry 'Snub' Pollard

Harmonica Player Joe Atterbury (uncredited)

Jed Prouty

Elks Crossing Jeweler (uncredited)

Henry Roquemore

First Man Joan Sings To (uncredited)

Lucille Ward

Justice of the Peace's Wife (uncredited)

Adele Watson

Mrs. Sarah Tipton (uncredited)

Clarence Wilson

Justice of the Peace Elmer (uncredited)

Art

Jack Okey

Art Direction

Camera

Sidney Hickox

Director of Photography

Costume & Make-Up

Hollis Barnes

Hairstylist

Alma Armstrong

Hairstylist

Crew

Robert B. Lee

Sound Recordist

Directing

Dolph Zimmer

Assistant Director

Editing

Production

William Forsyth

Casting Assistant

Sound

Writing

Robert Lord

Writer

Art

Jack Okey

Art Direction

Camera

Sidney Hickox

Director of Photography

Costume & Make-Up

Hollis Barnes

Hairstylist

Alma Armstrong

Hairstylist

Crew

Robert B. Lee

Sound Recordist

Directing

Dolph Zimmer

Assistant Director

Editing

Production

William Forsyth

Casting Assistant

Sound

Writing

Robert Lord

Writer