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Sternberg keeps closely to Theodore Dreiser’s story of a social climber who murders his working-class girlfriend when her pregnancy threatens a budding romance with a wealthy socialite.
Original Release
08/22/1931
US Release
08/22/1931
Cast
| Name | Character |
|---|
| Phillips Holmes | Clyde Griffiths |
| Sylvia Sidney | Roberta Alden / Roberta 'Bert' Alden |
| Frances Dee | Sondra Finchley |
| Irving Pichel | District Attorney Orville Mason |
| Frederick Burton | Samuel Griffiths |
| Claire McDowell | Mrs. Samuel Griffiths |
| Wallace Middleton | Gilbert Griffiths |
| Emmett Corrigan | Belknap |
| Charles Middleton | Jephson / Attorney Reuben Jephson |
| Lucille La Verne | Mrs. Asa Griffiths |
Directors
Writers
Josef von Sternberg, Theodore Dreiser, Samuel Hoffenstein
Cast
| Name | Character |
|---|
| Phillips Holmes | Clyde Griffiths |
| Sylvia Sidney | Roberta Alden / Roberta 'Bert' Alden |
| Frances Dee | Sondra Finchley |
| Irving Pichel | District Attorney Orville Mason |
| Frederick Burton | Samuel Griffiths |
| Claire McDowell | Mrs. Samuel Griffiths |
| Wallace Middleton | Gilbert Griffiths |
| Emmett Corrigan | Belknap |
| Charles Middleton | Jephson / Attorney Reuben Jephson |
| Lucille La Verne | Mrs. Asa Griffiths |
| Al Hart | Titus Alden |
| Fanny Midgley | Mrs. Titus Alden |
| Arnold Korff | Judge / Judge Oberwaltzer |
| Russ Powell | Coroner Fred Heit |
| William Bailey | Reporter in Courtroom |
| Ed Brady | Train Brakeman |
| Martin Cichy | Courtroom Spectator |
| Richard Cramer | Deputy Sheriff Kraut |
| Sidney D'Albrook | Courtroom Policeman |
| Claire Dodd | Gaile Warren |
Producers
| Name | Role |
|---|
| Josef von Sternberg | Producer |
