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Status
Released
Release
1933
Runtime
1h 12m
"ONE MAN against 20 MILLION weaving a plot that shook a nation!"
A play by Nina Wilcox Putnam was the source for the empire-building drama Golden Harvest. Ambitious grain trader Chris Martin corners the wheat market and becomes a millionaire. Outgrowing his humble farm beginnings, Chris makes a bid for respectability by marrying Chicago socialite Cynthia Flint.
31 Cast Members
Richard Arlen
Walt Martin
Chester Morris
Chris Martin
Genevieve Tobin
Cynthia Flint
Roscoe Ates
Louis Jenkins aka Loopey Lou
Julie Haydon
Ellen Goodhue
Elizabeth Patterson
Lydia
Berton Churchill
Eben Martin
Lawrence Gray
Hugh Jackson
Henry Kolker
Henry Flint
Richard Carle
Doctor Hoyt
Charles Sellon
Jason Bowers
Frederick Burton
Judge Goodhue
Jessie Arnold
Mrs. Bowers (uncredited)
Irving Bacon
Rev. Dr. Simmons (uncredited)
Harry Bowen
Wheat Farmer (uncredited)
Walter Brennan
Farmhand at Wedding (uncredited)
Edmund Burns
Minor Role (uncredited)
Alphonse Ethier
Wheat Farmer (uncredited)
Joseph W. Girard
Wheat Broker (uncredited)
Harry Harvey
Wheat Broker (uncredited)
