High Stakes

1h 12m
Comedy
2.7

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.

Cast

Lowell Sherman
Joe Lennon
Mae Murray
Dolly Jordan Lennon
Karen Morley
Anne Cornwall
Edward Martindel
Richard Lennon
Leyland Hodgson
Louis Winkler (aka Louis DeSalta)
Ethel Levey
Mrs. Leonore Gregory
Alan Roscoe
Judge Hennessey
Maude Turner Gordon
Mrs. Hennessey
Charles Coleman
Murray
Phillips Smalley
Mr. Gregory
Frank Mills
Barfly (uncredited)
Alexander Pollard
Servant (uncredited)

Crew

Lowell Sherman
Director
J. Walter Ruben
Writer
Charles L. Kimball
Editor
J. Roy Hunt
Director of Photography
William LeBaron
Producer
Henry Hobart
Associate Producer
Max Rée
Costume Design
George D. Ellis
Sound
Max Steiner
Original Music Composer

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