Illicit

Illicit (1931)

14/02/1931
Drama, Romance
1h 17m

Married love or illicit. Which does the modern girl prefer?

Overview

Ann, a young woman with outrageously advanced ideas, has been living in sin with Dick, her lover, because of her conviction that marriage would destroy their love; but social pressure ends up paying off, so Ann and Dick get married.

  • Archie MayoDirector
  • Harvey F. ThewScreenplay
  • Status

    Released

  • Original Language

    English

Keywords

  • husband wife relationship
  • upper class
  • marriage
  • coercion
  • pre-code
  • manipulative lover
  • ex-boyfriend ex-girlfriend relationship
  • premarital sex
  • daughter–in–law father–in–law relationship

Top Billed Cast

Barbara Stanwyck

Barbara Stanwyck

Anne Vincent

James Rennie

James Rennie

Richard 'Dick' Ives II

Ricardo Cortez

Ricardo Cortez

Price Baines

Natalie Moorhead

Natalie Moorhead

Marjorie 'Margie' True

Charles Butterworth

Charles Butterworth

George 'Georgie' Evans

Joan Blondell

Joan Blondell

Helen 'Duckie' Childers

Claude Gillingwater

Claude Gillingwater

Richard Ives Sr.

Hazel Howell

Girl at the Bridal Shower #2 (uncredited)

Lucille Ward

Lucille Ward

Susan - Anne's Maid (uncredited)

Barbara Weeks

Barbara Weeks

Girl at the Bridal Shower #1 (uncredited)

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