• Source: Paid (1930 film)

      • Paid is a 1930 American pre-Code drama film starring Joan Crawford, Robert Armstrong, and Kent Douglass in a story about a wrongly accused ex-convict who seeks revenge on those who sent her to prison using a scam called the "Heart Balm Racket".
      The film was adapted by Lucien Hubbard and Charles MacArthur from the play, Within the Law by Bayard Veiller (1912) and was the fourth film version of the play. The film was directed and produced by Sam Wood.


      Plot




      Cast


      Joan Crawford as Mary Turner
      Robert Armstrong as Joe Garson
      Marie Prevost as Agnes Lynch
      Kent Douglass as Bob Gilder
      John Miljan as Inspector Burke
      Purnell Pratt as Edward Gilder
      Hale Hamilton as District Attorney Demarest
      Robert Emmett O'Connor as Detective Sergeant Cassidy
      Tyrell Davis as Eddie Griggs
      William Bakewell as B.M. Carney
      George Cooper as Red
      Gwen Lee as Bertha
      Louise Beavers as Black Convict (uncredited)
      Edward Brophy as Burglar (uncredited)
      Payne B. Johnson as Baby (uncredited)
      Fred Kelsey as Night Policeman (uncredited)
      Wilbur Mack as Mr. Irwin (uncredited)
      Tom Mahoney as Policeman at District Attorney's Office (uncredited)
      Polly Moran as Polly
      Lee Phelps as Court Bailiff (uncredited)
      Herbert Prior as General Harrison (uncredited)
      Jed Prouty as Policeman Williams (uncredited)
      Walter Walker as Judge Lawler (uncredited)
      Clarence Wilson as Max Hardy (uncredited)


      Reception



      Photoplay commented, "The story is absorbing and Joan is simply grand!" The New York Times noted, "Miss Crawford and Miss Prevost are very good in their roles."


      = Box office

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      According to MGM records the film earned $920,000 in the US and Canada and $311,000 elsewhere resulting in a profit of $415,000.


      Adaptations


      Paid was remade in Bollywood as the film Intaqam starring Sadhana.


      References




      External links


      Paid at IMDb
      Paid at AllMovie
      Paid at the TCM Movie Database

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