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Spendthrift(1936)
Status: Released
Date: 1936-07-22
50%
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Time: 1h 20m
He ran a fortune into a shoestring in his hunt for romance!
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.
Languages: English.
Countries:
United States of America
ProductionCompanies: 
Walter Wanger Productions
Movie: Spendthrift
Top 10 Billed Cast
Henry Fonda
Townsend Middleton
Pat Paterson
Valerie 'Boots' O'Connell
Mary Brian
Sally Barnaby
George Barbier
Uncle Morton Middleton
Edward Brophy
Bill McGuire
Richard Carle
Popsy
Spencer Charters
Col. Barnaby
June Brewster
Topsy Martin
Halliwell Hobbes
Beuhl - the Butler
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
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5
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2.5 startsTagline
He ran a fortune into a shoestring in his hunt for romance!
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