"She Outwitted the Law...but Yielded to Love!" 30 December 1930 Drama, Crime 86 mins
Mary Turner gets a three year prison sentence for a crime she didn't commit. Once released, she plots to get back at the man responsible for her conviction.
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Joan Crawford as Mary Turner
Robert Armstrong as Joe Garson
Marie Prevost as Agnes Lynch
Douglass Montgomery as Bob Gilder
John Miljan as Inspector Burke
Purnell Pratt as Edward Gilder
Hale Hamilton as District Attorney Demarest
Robert Emmett O'Connor as Police Sgt. Cassidy
Tyrell Davis as Eddie Griggs
William Bakewell as Carney
George Cooper as Red
Gwen Lee as Bertha
Louise Beavers as Convict (uncredited)
Edward Brophy as Burglar (uncredited)
Polly Moran as Polly (uncredited)
Herbert Prior as General Harrison (uncredited)
Sam Wood Director
Bayard Veiller Theatre Play
Lucien Hubbard Adaptation
Charles MacArthur Adaptation
Charles MacArthur Writer
Hugh Wynn Editor
Cedric Gibbons Art Direction
Adrian Costume Design
Douglas Shearer Sound Director
Charles Rosher Director of Photography
United States 30 December 1930
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