Behind Office Doors

Mary Linden is the secretary who is the unheralded power behind successful executive James Duneen. He takes her for granted until rival Wales tries to take her away from him.

Cast

Mary Astor

as Mary Linden

Robert Ames

as James Duneen

Ricardo Cortez

as Ronnie Wales

Catherine Dale Owen

as Ellen May Robinson

Kitty Kelly

as Delores Kogan

Edna Murphy

as Daisy Presby

Charles Sellon

as John Ritter

William Morris

as Banker Charles H. Robinson

George MacFarlane

as Undetermined Secondary Role

Dorothy Granger

as Girl in Duneen's Apartment (uncredited)

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