The Purchase Price

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The Purchase Price was a Pre-Code film, directed by William Wellman and released in 1932. It starred Barbara Stanwyck, George Brent, and Lyle Talbot, and was released by Warner Brothers. It is an adaptation of Arthur Stringer's 1932 novel The Mud Lark. Stanwyck stars as a Joan Gordon, a torch singer who runs away from her gangster boyfriend, Eddie Fields (played by Lyle Talbot) to become a mail-order bride for a struggling North Dakota farmer, Ji... more
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  • Jul 23, 1932

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  • 1 h 8 min

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William A. Wellman

William Augustus Wellman (February 29, 1896–December 9, 1975) was an American film director. Although Wellman began his film career as an actor, he worked on over 80 films, as director, producer and consultant but most often as a director, notable for his work in crime, adventure and action genre...

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