

“She wasn't a divorcee but she believed that strangers could kiss!”
An alcoholic lawyer who successfully defended a notorious gambler on a murder charge objects when his free-spirited daughter becomes romantically involved with him.
Directed by Clarence Brown
User score
48 votes

Released
June 2, 1931
1h 33m
English

Norma Shearer
Jan Ashe

Leslie Howard
Dwight Winthrop

Lionel Barrymore
Stephen Ashe

Clark Gable
Ace Wilfong

James Gleason
Eddie

Lucy Beaumont
Grandma Ashe

Roscoe Ates
Man Shot at in Men's Room (uncredited)

Ann Brody
Hamburger Saleslady (uncredited)

Edward Brophy
Slouch (uncredited)

James Donlan
Reporter (uncredited)

Bess Flowers
Birthday Party Guest (uncredited)

Francis Ford
Skid Row Drunk (uncredited)

George Irving
Defense Attorney Johnson (uncredited)

Edward LeSaint
Judge (uncredited)

Sam McDaniel
Casino Valet (uncredited)

Frank Sheridan
Prosecuting Attorney (uncredited)

Larry Steers
Casino Official Ed (uncredited)

Carl Stockdale
Drug Store Proprietor (uncredited)

E. Alyn Warren
Ace's Butler Bottomley (uncredited)