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Way Down East
A simple story for plain people.
Sep 3, 1920 · 2h 30m
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Drama
Romance
PLOT
A naïve country girl is tricked into a sham marriage by a wealthy womanizer, then must rebuild her life despite the taint of having borne a child out of wedlock.
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CAST
Lillian Gish
Anna Moore
Richard Barthelmess
David Bartlett
Lowell Sherman
Lennox Sanderson
Burr McIntosh
Squire Bartlett
Kate Bruce
Mother Bartlett
Mrs. David Landau
Anna Moore's Mother
Josephine Bernard
Mrs. Emma Tremont
Mrs. Morgan Belmont
Diana Tremont
Directed by
D.W. Griffith
DETAILS
Status
Released
Original language
EN
Budget
—
Revenue
$4,500,000
Production
D.W. Griffith Productions
Country
US
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