Forbidden
“Her Greatest Dramatic Role !”
1932 · 1 h 25 min
Cast
Barbara Stanwyck 
Adolphe Menjou 
Ralph Bellamy 
Dorothy Peterson Thomas Jefferson Myrna Fresholt
Credits
Written by: 
Frank Capra
Plot
On a cruise to Cuba, Lulu Smith falls in love with Bob Grover, but he is a married man with a political career.
Sinekatalog’s take
Frank Capra's pre-Code melodrama, with Barbara Stanwyck and Adolphe Menjou, is emotional and well acted.Sinekatalog’s own editorial review – not a user or critic quote.
Ratings
IMDb: 6.9 / 10 (2,431 votes)
IMDb rating and vote count from the IMDb ratings dataset (October 2026). Scores change over time.
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