Hold Your Man
THE STARS YOU LOVE TO SEE MAKING LOVE!
Directed by Sam Wood
Produced by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
A pre-code romantic drama about a woman's devotion to a con man, built on star chemistry and the tension between love and moral consequence.
Ruby falls in love with small-time con man Eddie. During a botched blackmail scheme, Eddie accidentally kills the man they were setting up. Eddie takes off and Ruby is sent to a reformatory for two years.
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Like Hold Your Man
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Like Hold Your Man, But Less Popular
Same territory, far fewer people have seen it.
