"A hundred Jannings in one picture!" 28 December 1928 Drama 73 mins
A married restaurant owner is persuaded to become a bootlegger by a beautiful young girl. When he starts making money at it, she steals it, then runs off with another man. His wife finds out what happened. Complications ensue.
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Emil Jannings as Wilhelm Spengler
Ruth Chatterton as Greta Blanke
Barry Norton as Tom Spengler
Jean Arthur as Mary Spengler
Jack Luden as Otto Schmidt
Zasu Pitts as Mother Spengler
Matthew Betz as Gus Newman
Harry Cording as The Hijacker
Arthur Housman as The Count
Frank Reicher as The Eye Specialist
Douglas Haig as Tom, as a child
Anne Shirley as Mary, as a child (as Dawn O'Day)
Frances Marsh Editor
Slavko Vorkapich Cinematography
Victor Milner Director of Photography
Hugo Riesenfeld Original Music Composer
Ludwig Berger Director
E. Lloyd Sheldon Writer
Norman Burnstine Story
United States 28 December 1928
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