Paid 1930 - Crawford seeking revenge but finds love

IMDB link: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0021228/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1
IMDB rating: 5,7

Director: Sam Wood
Main Cast: Joan Crawford, Robert Armstrong, Marie Prevost, Douglass Montgomery

"Joan Crawford dominates the screen in tandem with Robert Armstrong in this surprisingly edgy crime-based melodrama, scripted by Charles MacArthur (and based on Bayard Veiller's stage play). There's surprising chemistry between the two in this fast-paced early talkie, which also benefits from an unusually realistic, down-scale slant on the world of criminals. Armstrong's Joe Garson is the real article when it comes to the latter, whereas Crawford's Mary Turner is a vengeful victim of the legal system - in the end they each displays a touching nobility and loyalty to each other, which helps drive the final section of the film to a powerful conclusion. Directors Sam Wood and Tod Browning end up turning in one of the more enduring dramas of the early sound era;  MGM remade this reliable property (again!) under its old title Within the Law (1939), with Ruth Hussey in the lead." - http://www.allmovie.com/movie/paid-v105382/

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