Movie: Spendthrift

Top 10 Billed Cast

Henry Fonda
Henry Fonda

Townsend Middleton

Pat Paterson
Pat Paterson

Valerie 'Boots' O'Connell

Mary Brian
Mary Brian

Sally Barnaby

George Barbier
George Barbier

Uncle Morton Middleton

Edward Brophy
Edward Brophy

Bill McGuire

Richard Carle
Richard Carle

Popsy

Spencer Charters
Spencer Charters

Col. Barnaby

June Brewster
June Brewster

Topsy Martin

Halliwell Hobbes
Halliwell Hobbes

Beuhl - the Butler

Jerry Mandy
Jerry Mandy

Enrico

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  • Overview

    A profligate, polo-playing playboy (Henry Fonda) is married to a beautiful but superficial heiress (Mary Brian). They divorce, and the wife gets all the money. But the humbled (and impoverished) Fonda finds true love in the arms of Pat Paterson, who cares nothing for material things.

  • Release Date

    1936-07-22

  • Average

    5

  • Rating:

    2.5 starts
  • Tagline

    He ran a fortune into a shoestring in his hunt for romance!

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  • Languages:

    English
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