Probation
5.5
Janet Holman is suspicious of her fiancé, Allen Wells, after he kisses her best friend Gwen when the lights are turned out during a party. Allen leaves early, purportedly for business reasons, but in reality, he is going to visit his secret girl friend, seventeen-year-old Ruth Jarrett. When Ruth's neighbor and landlady, Mrs. Humphries, overhears her talking to Allen on the phone, she becomes morally outraged and calls the police. Ruth is taken away to juvenile hall, and when Ruth's older brother Nick comes home to celebrate Ruth's birthday, Mrs. Humphries explains that Ruth has been seeing an older, wealthy man who has been leading her astray, and that she sent her away for her own good. Nick is saddened that he has failed to keep Ruth on the right track, and when he returns to his apartment, he becomes enraged to see Allen there. When Allen claims ignorance of Ruth's age, Nick hits him, and they engage in a brawl.
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Cast
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Sally Blane
Janet Holman
Known for
I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang
John Darrow
Nick Jarrett
Known for
Hell's Angels
J. Farrell MacDonald
George Holman
Known for
Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans
My Darling Clementine
Clara Kimball Young
Mrs. Humphries
Also in
Eyes of Youth
Kept Husbands
Eddie Phillips
Allen Wells
Known for
Lonesome
David Rollins
Alec
Known for
The Big Trail
Matty Kemp
Bert
Also in
Crazy to Act
I Demand Payment
David Durand
David
Also in
Pleased to Mitt You
A Criminal Is Born
Betty Grable
Ruth Jarrett
Known for
How to Marry a Millionaire
I Wake Up Screaming
Kenne Duncan
Wedding Rehearsal Attendant (uncredited)
Known for
Revenge of the Dead
Batman
Mary Jane Irving
Gwen (uncredited)
Also in
The Good Bad Boy
The Godless Girl
Dorothy Vernon
Mrs. Meyers
Known for
Beyond the Forest
Richard Thorpe Director · Edward T. Lowe Jr. Writer M.A. Andersen Cinematographer
United States release March 15, 1932 · Produced in United States
Production
Chesterfield Motion Pictures Corporation
Production
United States
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Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
United States · March 15, 1932
Theatrical
United States
April 1, 1932 · Theatrical
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