The Primrose Path

Overview

Alcoholic playboy Wallace MacDonald (as Bruce Armstrong) would like to sober up and become more responsible, after a drinking accident causes him to cripple little brother Pat Moore (as Jimmy Armstrong). Still, the lure of liquor makes him to sneak drinks at home, and go out partying with carefree showgirl Clara Bow (as Marilyn Merrill). He's promised Ms. Bow he'll quit drinking and gambling. Further complicating Mr. MacDonald's life are the bad checks he's been accumulating. Nasty Stuart Holmes (as Tom Canfield) and Tom Santschi (as "Big Joe" Snead) force MacDonald to join their diamond smuggling racket, in lieu of payment.

Cast

Wallace MacDonald

Bruce Armstrong

Clara Bow

Marilyn Merrill

Arline Pretty

Helen

Stuart Holmes

Tom Canfield

Pat Moore

Jimmy Armstrong

Tom Santschi

Big Joe Snead

Lydia Knott

Mrs. Armstrong

Templar Saxe

Dude Talbot

Mike Donlin

Federal Officer Parker

Henry Hall

Court officer

George Irving

Prosecutor John Morton