''Rebound'' is a 1931 American

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starring

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, Robert Ames and

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. Directed by Edward H. Griffith, the film is based on the play of the same name by Donald Ogden Stewart.

Cast

as Sara Jaffrey * Robert Ames as Bill Truesdale *

as Evie Lawrence *

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as Liz Crawford * Robert Williams as Johnnie Coles * Louise Closser Hale as Mrs. Jaffrey * Walter Walker as Mr. Henry Jaffrey *

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as Lyman Patterson * Leigh Allen as Les Crawford * Pierre D'Ennery as Gaston (cast list as per

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database.)

Reception

According to RKO records, the film recorded a loss of $215,000.Richard Jewell & Vernon Harbin, ''The RKO Story.'' New Rochelle, New York: Arlington House, 1982. p40

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