Pointed Heels

December. 20,1929      
Rating:
5.7
Trailer Synopsis Cast

Fay Wray plays a beautiful showgirl who falls for a rich Park Avenue guy played by Phillips Holmes. William Powell is a producer in love with Miss Wray, but he won't use his influences to take any advantages.... as usual, he's a perfect gentleman. Pointed Heels was supposed to have been a vehicle for "boop-boop-a-doop" girl Helen Kane, but by the time the film was released, Kane's role was reduced to a supporting part.

William Powell as  Robert Courtland
Helen Kane as  Dot Nixon
Fay Wray as  Lora Nixon
Richard 'Skeets' Gallagher as  Dash Nixon
Phillips Holmes as  Donald Ogden
Eugene Pallette as  Joe Carrington
Adrienne Dore as  Kay Wilcox
Virginia Bruce as  Chorus Girl (uncredited)

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