
Nightclub singer Joan Gordon runs away from her gangster boyfriend to become a mail-order bride to a struggling North Dakota farmer. Their relationship has a rocky start, but just as Joan realizes she's developing feelings for her husband, her old boyfriend arrives to win her back.
Cast

Barbara Stanwyck
Joan Gordon Gilson

George Brent
Jim Gilson

Lyle Talbot
Eddie Fields

Hardie Albright
Don Leslie

David Landau
Bull McDowell

Murray Kinnell
Spike Forgan

Leila Bennett
Emily

Anne Shirley
Sarah Tipton (uncredited)

Mae Busch
Train Passenger Queenie (uncredited)

Mike Donlin
Shivaree Attendee Tom Buchanan (uncredited)

John 'Skins' Miller
Accordion Player Skins (uncredited)

Carlyle Moore Jr.
Hotel Desk Clerk (uncredited)

Harry 'Snub' Pollard
Harmonica Player Joe Atterbury (uncredited)

Jed Prouty
Elks Crossing Jeweler (uncredited)
Henry Roquemore
First Man Joan Sings To (uncredited)

Lucille Ward
Justice of the Peace's Wife (uncredited)

Adele Watson
Mrs. Sarah Tipton (uncredited)

Clarence Wilson
Justice of the Peace Elmer (uncredited)
Crew

William A. Wellman
Director
Arthur Stringer
Writer
Robert Lord
Writer
William Holmes
Editor
Sidney Hickox
Director of Photography
Dolph Zimmer
Assistant Director
William Forsyth
Casting Assistant
Hollis Barnes
Hairstylist
Alma Armstrong
Hairstylist
Robert B. Lee
Sound Recordist
Leo F. Forbstein
Conductor
Jack Okey
Art Direction
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