---
title: 'Reckless (1935)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Victor Fleming'
released: '1935-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 97
genres:
  - 'Drama'
  - 'Music'
  - 'Romance'
countries:
  - 'United States'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/reckless-1935'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0026914/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Reckless (1935)

1935 · 97 min · Drama, Music, Romance · United States


## Synopsis

Reckless is a 1935 American musical film directed by Victor Fleming and starring Jean Harlow, William Powell, Franchot Tone, and May Robson. David O. Selznick wrote the story, using the pseudonym Oliver Jeffries, basing it loosely on the scandal of the 1931 marriage between torch singer Libby Holman and tobacco heir Zachary Smith Reynolds, and his death by a gunshot wound to the head.

## Credits

- **Editor:** [Margaret Booth](https://cinepixo.com/people/margaret-booth)
- **Director:** [Victor Fleming](https://cinepixo.com/people/victor-fleming)
- **Screenplay:** [Norman Krasna](https://cinepixo.com/people/norman-krasna), [P. J. Wolfson](https://cinepixo.com/people/p-j-wolfson)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Herbert Stothart](https://cinepixo.com/people/herbert-stothart)
- **Producer:** [David O. Selznick](https://cinepixo.com/people/david-o-selznick)
- **Director of Photography:** [George J. Folsey](https://cinepixo.com/people/george-j-folsey)

## Cast

- [Wade Boteler](https://cinepixo.com/people/wade-boteler)
- [Edward Peil](https://cinepixo.com/people/edward-peil)
- [Jean Harlow](https://cinepixo.com/people/jean-harlow)
- [William Worthington](https://cinepixo.com/people/william-worthington)
- [Leon Ames](https://cinepixo.com/people/leon-ames)
- [William Powell](https://cinepixo.com/people/william-powell)
- [Rosalind Russell](https://cinepixo.com/people/rosalind-russell)
- [Henry Kolker](https://cinepixo.com/people/henry-kolker)
- [Allan Jones](https://cinepixo.com/people/allan-jones-2)
- [Bert Moorhouse](https://cinepixo.com/people/bert-moorhouse)
- [Akim Tamiroff](https://cinepixo.com/people/akim-tamiroff)
- [John Gallaudet](https://cinepixo.com/people/john-gallaudet)
- [Mickey Rooney](https://cinepixo.com/people/mickey-rooney)
- [Harold Huber](https://cinepixo.com/people/harold-huber)
- [Edward LeSaint](https://cinepixo.com/people/edward-lesaint)

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Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/reckless-1935
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