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Love Bound
Love Bound
Directed by	Robert F. Hill
Written by	James R. Gilbert ; Robert F. Hill ; George H. Plympton
Produced by	Sam Efrus ; Albert Herman
Starring	Jack Mulhall ; Natalie Moorhead ; Clara Kimball Young
Cinematography	E. Fox Walker
Edited by	Earl Neville
Music by	Lee Zahler
Production; company	Peerless Pictures
Distributed by	Peerless Pictures
Release date	March 1, 1932;
Running time	61 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

Love Bound is a 1932 American Pre-Code mystery film directed by Robert F. Hill and starring Jack Mulhall, Natalie Moorhead, Clara Kimball Young.^[1] It is a second feature produced by the Poverty Row studio Peerless Pictures. The film is also known as Murder on the High Seas, the alternative title it was later reissued under.

Plot

Gold-digging actress Verna Wilson demands money from a financial theatrical backer by falsely threatening to tell his wife that their relationship is more than professional. After he pays up his son Dick discovers that Verna is part of a gang of blackmailers and is now fleeing the country on an ocean liner. He boards the ship along with his chauffeur and the two pose as wealthy playboys so that Verna will attempt to play the same trick on them. Dick and Verna instead fall in love, but things are complicated by the presence of her associates on board the ship, leading to a murder.

Cast

Jack Mulhall as Richard "Dick" Randolph, posing as Dick Rowland
Natalie Moorhead as Verna Wilson, alias Vera Wendall
Clara Kimball Young as Mrs. Jane Randolph
Edmund Breese as J.B. "Lucky" Morrison
Tom Ricketts as The Baron
Alice Day as Claudia Elliott
William V. Mong as Verna's Crooked Lawyer
Montagu Love as John Randolph
Richard Alexander as Larry, the Randolph Chauffeur, posing as J. B. "Lucky" Morrison
Roy D'Arcy as Juan de Leon
Lynton Brent as Jimmy Wilson
Sidney Bracey as Spriggins
Gordon De Main as Flynn - Private Detective
Robert F. Hill as Ship Passenger
Olaf Hytten as Ship Passenger
William H. O'Brien as Butler

References

^ Pitts p.259

Bibliography

Pitts, Michael R. Poverty Row Studios, 1929–1940: An Illustrated History of 55 Independent Film Companies, with a Filmography for Each. McFarland & Company, 2005.