---
title: 'The Purchase Price (1932)'
type: 'film'
director: 'William A. Wellman'
released: '1932-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 68
genres:
  - 'Drama'
  - 'Romance'
countries:
  - 'United States'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-purchase-price-1932'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0023362/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# The Purchase Price (1932)

1932 · 68 min · Drama, Romance · United States


## Synopsis

The Purchase Price is a 1932 pre-Code American romantic drama film directed by William Wellman and starring Barbara Stanwyck, George Brent and Lyle Talbot. Adapted from the novel The Mud Lark by Arthur Stringer, with a screenplay by Robert Lord, the film is about an attractive nightclub singer who leaves her criminal boyfriend and becomes the mail-order bride of a humble farmer.

## Credits

- **Director:** [William A. Wellman](https://cinepixo.com/people/william-a-wellman)
- **Screenplay:** [Robert Lord](https://cinepixo.com/people/robert-lord)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Leo F. Forbstein](https://cinepixo.com/people/leo-f-forbstein)
- **Director of Photography:** [Sidney Hickox](https://cinepixo.com/people/sidney-hickox)
- **Editor:** [William Holmes](https://cinepixo.com/people/william-holmes)

## Cast

- [Snub Pollard](https://cinepixo.com/people/snub-pollard)
- [Hardie Albright](https://cinepixo.com/people/hardie-albright)
- [Cyril Ring](https://cinepixo.com/people/cyril-ring)
- [David Landau](https://cinepixo.com/people/david-landau)
- [Anne Shirley](https://cinepixo.com/people/anne-shirley)
- [Barbara Stanwyck](https://cinepixo.com/people/barbara-stanwyck)
- [Murray Kinnell](https://cinepixo.com/people/murray-kinnell)
- [Clarence Wilson](https://cinepixo.com/people/clarence-wilson)
- [Lyle Talbot](https://cinepixo.com/people/lyle-talbot)
- [Tiny Sandford](https://cinepixo.com/people/tiny-sandford)
- [Mae Busch](https://cinepixo.com/people/mae-busch)
- [Edmund Mortimer](https://cinepixo.com/people/edmund-mortimer)
- [George Brent](https://cinepixo.com/people/george-brent)

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Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-purchase-price-1932
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