Top billed cast

1. 

   Norma Shearer

   Jan Ashe

2. 

   Leslie Howard

   Dwight Winthrop

3. 

   Lionel Barrymore

   Stephen Ashe

4. 

   Clark Gable

   Ace Wilfong

5. 

   James Gleason

   Eddie

6. 

   Lucy Beaumont

   Grandma Ashe

7. 

   Roscoe Ates

   Man Shot at in Men's Room (uncredited)

8. 

   Ann Brody

   Hamburger Saleslady (uncredited)

9. 

   Edward Brophy

   Slouch (uncredited)

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Reviews

A review by CinemaSerf

Written by CinemaSerf on 2022-09-08

Lionel Barrymore is on quite good form here as the drunken, but accomplished, lawyer "Ashe" who manages to get the young "Ace" (Clark Gable) off on a charge of murder (it's all to do with an hat!). Celebrating their success, the young hoodlum is introduced to the young and feisty "Jan" (Norma Shearer) and a romance soon blossoms. This disturbs the old man, so she comes up with a pact - he (her father) comes off the booze and she will stop seeing the man she has fallen in love with. To the hills they head for three months where both manage to keep to their word, but sadly his strength of charac...read the rest

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Status
Released

Original Language
English

Budget
$0.00

Revenue
$0.00

Keywords

• gangster
• murder
• alcoholic
• pre-code