The Purchase Price
“She took another woman's place on her wedding night!”
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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
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Edited by William HolmesShot by Sidney Hickox
Also known as
- Einsame Herzende
- The Mud Larkes
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Cast & Crew
24 unique people credited
Top billed cast
Barbara Stanwyck
as Joan Gordon
George Brent
as Jim Gilson
Lyle Talbot
as Eddie Fields
Hardie Albright
as Don Leslie
David Landau
as Bull McDowell
Murray Kinnell
as Forgan
Leila Bennett
as Emily
Mae Busch
as Queenie - Girl on Train
Anne Shirley
as Sarah Tipton (uncredited)
Nick Copeland
as Skins' Pal at Shivaree
Mike Donlin
as Tom Buchanan - Man at Shivaree
John Skins Miller
as Accordion Player Skins (uncredited)
Supporting cast
7Carlyle 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)
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