72 minutes
8/18/1931
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.
Lowell Sherman
as Joe Lennon
Mae Murray
as Dolly Jordan Lennon
Karen Morley
as Anne Cornwall
Edward Martindel
as Richard Lennon
Leyland Hodgson
as Louis Winkler (aka Louis DeSalta)
Ethel Levey
as Mrs. Leonore Gregory
Alan Roscoe
as Judge Hennessey
Maude Turner Gordon
as Mrs. Hennessey
Charles Coleman
as Murray
Phillips Smalley
as Mr. Gregory
Frank Mills
as Barfly (uncredited)
Alexander Pollard
as Servant (uncredited)