Hardboiled Rose

Hardboiled Rose

Hardboiled Rose

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Hardboiled Rose

"Melodramatic romance of Dixieland!"

1929

1h 0m

8.0(1 votes)

Crime

Drama

Romance

Overview

A Southern Belle must work in a gambling house to pay off her father's debts, which drove him to suicide. She then meets a man who sweeps her off her feet and takes her away from it all.

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Production Companies

Warner Bros. Pictures

The people behind it

Cast & crew

9 featured cast members

Starring

Myrna Loy

Myrna Loy

Rose Duhamel

John Miljan

John Miljan

Steve Wallace

Gladys Brockwell

Gladys Brockwell

Julie Malo

Lucy Beaumont

Lucy Beaumont

Grandmama Duhamel

Ralph Emerson

John Trask

Edward Martindel

Edward Martindel

Jefferson Duhamel

Otto Hoffman

Otto Hoffman

Apyton Hale

Floyd Shackelford

Floyd Shackelford

Butler

William Collier Jr.

William Collier Jr.

Edward Malo

Creative team

Directed by: F. Harmon Weight
Written by: Robert Lord
Darryl F. Zanuck

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