The Reckless Hour is a 1931 American pre-Code drama film directed by John Francis Dillon and starring Dorothy Mackaill, Conrad Nagel, H.B. Warner and Joan Blondell. It was produced and distributed by First National Pictures, which was controlled by Warner Bros. Pictures.The American Film Institute Catalog Feature Films: 1931-40 published by The American Film Institute, c. 1993 The AFI Catalog of Feature Films 1893-1993:The Reckless Hour It was based on the play Ambush by Arthur Richman.
Plot In New York City, a young model is swept off her feet by a debonair, handsome young man. Unfortunately for her, he didn't want to get married but had been stringing her along. When she realizes he doesn't want her, she will not force him even though she learned she was pregnant. She becomes bitter and angry at all men, until she meets a gentle and kind artist who tries to show her that her life can be better than it is.
Cast Dorothy Mackaill as Margaret Nichols Conrad Nagel as Edward Adams H. B. Warner as Walter Nichols Joan Blondell as Myrtle Nichols Walter Byron as Allen Crane Joe Donahue as Harry Gleason Dorothy Peterson as Miss Susie Jennison Helen Ware as Harriett Nichols Billy House as Seymour Jennison Claude King as Howard Crane Ivan F. Simpson as Stevens, Adam's butler
Preservation status The film is preserved at the Library of Congress.Catalog of Holdings The American Film Institute Collection and The United Artists Collection at The Library of Congress (<-book title) p.150 by The American Film Institute, c.1978
Home media It was released on Warner Archive DVD with another Mackaill film, Bright Lights.
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allmovie/synopsis; dvd; The Reckless Hour