High Stakes is a 1931 American Pre-Code comedy drama produced and released by RKO Pictures. The picture was directed by Lowell Sherman who also stars and marks the last starring screen appearance of silent screen diva Mae Murray. It is based on a 1924 Broadway play that starred Sherman playing the same role he plays in this film.
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Lowell Sherman as Joe Lennon
Mae Murray as Dolly Jordan Lennon
Karen Morley as Anne Cornwall
Edward Martindel as Richard Lennon
Leyland Hodgson as Louis Winkler (aka Louis DeSalta)
Ethel Levey as Mrs. Leonore Gregory
Alan Roscoe as Judge Hennessey
Maude Turner Gordon as Mrs. Hennessey
Charles Coleman as Murray
Phillips Smalley as Mr. Gregory
Frank Mills as Barfly (uncredited)
Alexander Pollard as Servant (uncredited)
Charles L. Kimball Editor
Lowell Sherman Director
Henry Hobart Associate Producer
George D. Ellis Sound
J. Walter Ruben Writer
Max Rée Costume Design
William LeBaron Producer
J. Roy Hunt Director of Photography
Max Steiner Original Music Composer
United States 18 August 1931
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