"To love her meant-disaster...he fought the world and wrecked his life!" 21 August 1927 History, Romance 111 mins
A nobleman studying for the priesthood abandons his vocation in 18th Century France when he falls in love with a beautiful, but reluctant, courtesan.
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John Barrymore as Chevalier Fabien des Grieux
Dolores Costello as Manon Lescaut
Warner Oland as André Lescaut
Sam De Grasse as Comte Guillot de Morfontaine
Holmes Herbert as Jean Tiberge
Stuart Holmes as Louis XV - King of France
Bertram Grassby as Le Duc de Richelieu
Tom Santschi as Captain of Convict Boat
Alice Belcher as Minor Role (uncredited)
Eugenie Besserer as The Landlady (uncredited)
Charles Clary as A Lay Brother (uncredited)
Marcelle Corday as Marie (uncredited)
Rose Dione as Nana (uncredited)
Louise Emmons as Smiling Hag (uncredited)
Herman Heller as Himself - Orchestra Conductor (End Credit) (uncredited)
Noble Johnson as Aggresive Apache (uncredited)
Alan Crosland Director
Abbé Prévost Novel
Bess Meredyth Adaptation
Henry Hadley Original Music Composer
Byron Haskin Director of Photography
Harold McCord Editor
Gordon Hollingshead Assistant Director
Bess Meredyth Screenplay
United Kingdom 25 January 1927
United States 03 February 1927
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