Movie: Love Is a Racket

Top 9 Billed Cast

Douglas Fairbanks Jr.
Douglas Fairbanks Jr.

James 'Jimmy' Russell

Ann Dvorak
Ann Dvorak

Sally Condon

Frances Dee
Frances Dee

Mary Wodehouse

Lee Tracy
Lee Tracy

Stanley Fiske

Lyle Talbot
Lyle Talbot

Edward Griswold 'Eddie' Shaw

Warren Hymer
Warren Hymer

Burney Olds

André Luguet
André Luguet

Max Boncour

Cecil Cunningham
Cecil Cunningham

Aunt Hattie Donovan

Polly Walters
Polly Walters

Betty, Switchboard Operator (uncredited)

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