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Three on a Match

Three on a Match

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Three on a Match

"Three wise girls who barred no holds and bit in the clinches."

1932

1h 3m

6.3(74 votes)

Crime

Drama

Overview

Although Vivian Revere is seemingly the most successful of a trio of reunited schoolmates, she throws it away by descending into a life of debauchery and drugs.

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First National Pictures

The people behind it

Cast & crew

10 featured cast members

Starring

Joan Blondell

Joan Blondell

Mary Keaton

Ann Dvorak

Ann Dvorak

Vivian Revere

Bette Davis

Bette Davis

Ruth Westcott

Virginia Davis

Virginia Davis

Mary Keaton as a Child

Anne Shirley

Anne Shirley

Vivian Revere as a Child

Betty Carse

Betty Carse

Ruth Westcott as a Child

Warren William

Warren William

Robert Kirkwood

Lyle Talbot

Lyle Talbot

Michael Loftus

Humphrey Bogart

Humphrey Bogart

Harve

Allen Jenkins

Allen Jenkins

Dick

Creative team

Directed by: Mervyn LeRoy
Written by: Kubec Glasmon
Lucien Hubbard
Produced by: Darryl F. Zanuck
Samuel Bischoff

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