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“She took another woman's place on her wedding night!”
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Nightclub singer Joan Gordon runs away from her gangster boyfriend to become a mail-order bride to a struggling North Dakota farmer. Their relationship has a rocky start, but just as Joan realizes she's developing feelings for her husband, her old boyfriend arrives to win her back.
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A stark, unsentimental look at a transactional marriage on the unforgiving prairie. It feels both gritty and surprisingly intimate, capturing the harsh realities of survival with a dry, almost defiant wit.
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