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1933 • 1h 27min • Passed • Drama, Romance

Hold Your Man

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Ruby falls in love with small-time con man Eddie. During a botched blackmail scheme, Eddie accidentally kills the man they were setting up. Eddie takes off and Ruby is sent to a reformatory for two years.

IMDb 6.9

Director

Sam Wood

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Anita Loos

Howard Emmett Rogers

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Jean Harlow

Ruby Adams

Clark Gable

Eddie Hall

Stuart Erwin

Al Simpson

Dorothy Burgess

Gypsy

Muriel Kirkland

Bertha

Garry Owen

Slim

Barbara Barondess

Sadie

Elizabeth Patterson

Miss Tuttle

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