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Reckless is a 1935 American musical film directed by Victor Fleming and starring Jean Harlow, William Powell and Franchot Tone. David O. Selznick wrote the story, using the pseudonym Oliver Jeffries, basing it loosely based on the scandal of the 1931 marriage between torch singer Libby Holman and tobacco heir Zachary Smith Reynolds and his death by a gunshot wound to the head.
Original Release
04/19/1935
US Release
04/19/1935
Cast
| Name | Character |
|---|
| Jean Harlow | Mona Leslie |
| William Powell | Ned Riley |
| Franchot Tone | Bob Harrison / Robert 'Bob' Harrison Jr. |
| May Robson | Granny / Mrs. Granny Leslie |
| Ted Healy | Smiley |
| Nat Pendleton | Blossom |
| Rosalind Russell | Josephine (Jo) Mercer / Josephine 'Jo' Mercer |
| Mickey Rooney | Eddie |
| Henry Stephenson | Col. Harrison / Colonel Harrison Sr. |
| Man Mountain Dean | Man Mountain Dean - Wrestler |
Directors
Writers
P.J. Wolfson, David O. Selznick, Joseph L. Mankiewicz, Norman Krasna, Ted Shane, Donald Ogden Stewart
Cast
| Name | Character |
|---|
| Jean Harlow | Mona Leslie |
| William Powell | Ned Riley |
| Franchot Tone | Bob Harrison / Robert 'Bob' Harrison Jr. |
| May Robson | Granny / Mrs. Granny Leslie |
| Ted Healy | Smiley |
| Nat Pendleton | Blossom |
| Rosalind Russell | Josephine (Jo) Mercer / Josephine 'Jo' Mercer |
| Mickey Rooney | Eddie |
| Henry Stephenson | Col. Harrison / Colonel Harrison Sr. |
| Man Mountain Dean | Man Mountain Dean - Wrestler |
| Robert Light | Paul Mercer |
| Allan Jones | Allan |
| Carl Randall | Carl Randall |
| Louise Henry | Louise |
| James Ellison | Dale Every |
| Nina Mae McKinney | Nina Mae McKinney - Singer |
| Leon Ames | Ralph Watson |
| Allen 'Farina' Hoskins | Gold Dust |
| Eadie Adams | Chorine / Mona's Singing Voice |
| Rafael Alcayde | Mona's First Dance Partner in 'Reckless' Number |
Producers
| Name | Role |
|---|
| David O. Selznick | Producer |
