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30 December 1930 (USA) morePlot:
Mary Turner goes up for three years on a crime she didn't commit. Once out she and former prison mates... more | add synopsisUser Comments:
A girl seeking revenge finds love moreCast
(Complete credited cast) | Joan Crawford | ... | Mary Turner |
 | Robert Armstrong | ... | Joe Garson |
| Marie Prevost | ... | Agnes 'Aggie' Lynch |
| Douglass Montgomery | ... | Bob Gilder (as Kent Douglass) |
| John Miljan | ... | Insp. Burke |
| Purnell Pratt | ... | Edward Gilder (as Purnell B. Pratt) |
| Hale Hamilton | ... | District Attorney Demarest |
| Robert Emmett O'Connor | ... | Det. Sgt. Cassidy (as Robert Emmet O'Connor) |
| Tyrell Davis | ... | Eddie Griggs (as Tyrrell Davis) |
| William Bakewell | ... | B.M. Carney (lawyer) |
| George Cooper | ... | Red |
| Gwen Lee | ... | Bertha |
| rest of cast listed alphabetically: | |||
| Isabel Withers | ... | Helen Morris (scenes deleted) |
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1.37 : 1 moreSound Mix:
Mono (Western Electric Sound System)Fun Stuff
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The lead role was commissioned for Norma Shearer but she had to withdraw owing to pregnancy. moreMovie Connections:
Featured in Thou Shalt Not: Sex, Sin and Censorship in Pre-Code Hollywood (2008) (TV) moreSoundtrack:
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This was a find. Good acting, a good plot and dialog way ahead of its time. I know of no other 1930 movie with its sophistication of dialog. Great directing by Sam Wood making sure that all of the intricacies of plot were brought out.
Joan Crawford was a wrongfully convicted convict out to exact revenge upon the store owner/magnate who sent her up the river who teams with Robert Armstrong to become rich shadily but by means "Within the Law".
The final confrontation in the DA's office requires that you pay attention. This movie is ripe for a remake. I see George Clooney as Robert Armstrong's character and Leonardo De Caprio as the son. Robert Armstrong was very strong in this role.
It's TCM keeper.