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Spendthrift
He ran a fortune into a shoestring in his hunt for romance!
1936 | 80m | English
Popularity: 0.8 (history)
| Director: | Raoul Walsh |
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| Writer: | Eric Hatch, Bert Hanlon, Raoul Walsh |
| Staring: |
| 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: | Jul 22, 1936 |
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| Director: | Raoul Walsh |
| Writer: | Eric Hatch, Bert Hanlon, Raoul Walsh |
| Genres: | Romance |
| Keywords | eccentric millionaire |
| Production Companies | Paramount Pictures, Walter Wanger Productions |
| Box Office |
Revenue: $0
Budget: $0 |
| Updates |
Updated: Feb 01, 2026 Entered: Apr 24, 2024 |
| Name | Character |
|---|---|
| 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 |
| Miki Morita | Valet |
| Greta Meyer | Hilda - the Maid |
| Robert Strange | Ransom |
| Don Brodie | Reporter |
| Lester Dorr | Reporter |
| Grace Goodall | Uncle Morton Middleton's Nurse |
| Jonathan Hale | Attorney |
| Russell Hicks | Attorney |
| Charles Irwin | Carlton (polo player) |
| Clarence Muse | Restaurant Table Captain |
| William Ruhl | Radio Operator |
| Carl Stockdale | Uncle Morton Middleton's Doctor |
| Guy Usher | Sheriff |
| Emmett Vogan | Radio Station Executive |
| Ruth Warren | Eleanor - Uncle Morton Middleton's Secretary |
| Gayne Whitman | Radio Announcer |
| J.M. Kerrigan | Pop O'Connell |
| Name | Job |
|---|---|
| Eric Hatch | Writer |
| Bert Hanlon | Writer |
| Raoul Walsh | Writer, Director |
| Name | Title |
|---|---|
| Walter Wanger | Producer |
| Organization | Category | Person |
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| 2026 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 0 |
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