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The Purchase Price

She took another woman's place on her wedding night!

6.5/ 1019321h 8mNR

DramaRomance

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.

Directed by William A. Wellman

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The cast

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Barbara Stanwyck

Barbara Stanwyck

Joan Gordon Gilson

George Brent

George Brent

Jim Gilson

Lyle Talbot

Lyle Talbot

Eddie Fields

Hardie Albright

Hardie Albright

Don Leslie

David Landau

David Landau

Bull McDowell

Murray Kinnell

Murray Kinnell

Spike Forgan

Leila Bennett

Leila Bennett

Emily

Anne Shirley

Anne Shirley

Sarah Tipton (uncredited)