Socialite Letty Lynton is returning to New York, abandoning one-time lover Emile Renaul in South America, when she strikes up a shipboard romance with Jerry Darrow. Renault is waiting for her in New York and will not leave her alone, so she poisons him. When detectives take her to the D.A.s office, Jerry cooks up an alibi.
Cast
Joan Crawford
Letty Lynton
Robert Montgomery
Hale Darrow
Nils Asther
Emile Renaul
Lewis Stone
District Attorney Haney
May Robson
Mrs. Lynton, Letty's Mothers
Louise Closser Hale
Miranda, Letty's Maid
Emma Dunn
Mrs. Darrow
Walter Walker
Mr. Darrow
William Pawley
Hennessey
Sidney Bracey
Waiter (Uncredited)
Edward LeSaint
Dr. Sanders (Uncredited)
Edgar Norton
Darrow's Butler (Uncredited)
Lee Phelps
Dennis (Uncredited)
C. Montague Shaw
Ship's Officer at Christmas Party (Uncredited)
Harry Stubbs
Ship's Steward (Uncredited)
Crew
Clarence Brown
Director
John Meehan
Writer
Wanda Tuchock
Writer, Adaptation
Marie Belloc Lowndes
Novel
Conrad A. Nervig
Editor
Oliver T. Marsh
Director of Photography
Charles Dorian
Assistant Director
Irving Thalberg
Executive Producer, Producer
Eddie Fitzgerald
Camera Operator
Samuel Cohen
Assistant Camera
Kyme Meade
Assistant Camera
Benjamin Thau
Casting
Adrian
Costume Design
Douglas Shearer
Sound Director
Anstruther MacDonald
Sound
Karl Zint
Sound
William Axt
Original Music Composer
George Hurrell Sr.
Still Photographer
S.C. Manatt
Still Photographer
Cedric Gibbons
Art Direction
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