Joan Gordon — Hush Money Character Profile

About Joan Gordon

Steve Pelton's girlfriend and fellow criminal. After a brief jail stint, she is released with Captain Emmett's help, marries rich Stuart Elliot, and becomes the target of Pelton's blackmail.

Joan Gordon — Character Profile

Character Facts

Played by

Joan Bennett

Appears in

Hush Money (1931)

Role

Protagonist

Relationships (4)

• Joan Gordon — Romantic Love Interest — Stuart Elliot (Hardie Albright)

  Complex romantic relationship with mutual attraction

• Joan Gordon — Conflict Rival — Steve Pelton (Owen Moore)

  Competing for Joan's attention

• Joan Gordon — Social Acquaintance — Maxie (George Raft)

  Social connection with potential hidden motives

• Joan Gordon — Social Friend — Flo Curtis (Myrna Loy)

  Female friendship with shared social connections

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More characters from Hush Money

• Stuart Elliot (Hardie Albright)
• Steve Pelton (Owen Moore)
• Flo Curtis (Myrna Loy)
• Silvio (uncredited) (André Cheron)
• Jack Curtis (C. Henry Gordon)
• Mr. Stockton (uncredited) (George Irving)
• Mrs. Stockton (uncredited) (Nella Walker)
• Baby (uncredited) (Ronnie Cosby)
• Captain Dan Emmett (Douglas Cosgrove)
• Housekeeper (uncredited) (Louise Mackintosh)
• Puggie (uncredited) (Huey White)
• Maxie (George Raft)