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The Purchase Price

Directed by William A. Wellman

DramaComedy

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

Jim Gilson

Eddie Fields

Hardie Albright

Don Leslie

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Arthur Stringer

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David Landau

Bull McDowell

Spike Forgan

Emily

Sarah Tipton (uncredited)

Train Passenger Queenie (uncredited)

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)

Elks Crossing Jeweler (uncredited)

Henry Roquemore

First Man Joan Sings To (uncredited)

Justice of the Peace's Wife (uncredited)

Mrs. Sarah Tipton (uncredited)

Clarence Wilson

Justice of the Peace Elmer (uncredited)

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The Purchase Price is about 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.

Who directed The Purchase Price?

William A. Wellman directed The Purchase Price.

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