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The Street of Sin

The successor to "The Way of All Flesh"---and a worthy one! Jannings' third American-made picture -- and twice as good as the first!
May 26, 1928 · 1h 10m
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Drama

PLOT

"Basher Bill," a retired prizefighter turned criminal, pretends to reform by joining a Salvation Army shelter in London run by a pious wraith named Elizabeth. Attracted to Elizabeth (although he is engaged to a street girl named Annie), Bill confesses to a bank robbery, has a spiritual revelation, and decides to go straight. His cast-off sweetheart reports him to the police; then, contrite, she warns Bill of the impending danger. Bill is captured immediately, but he escapes and sacrifices his life to save Elizabeth and the Salvation Army nursery when the rest of the gang use them as a human barricade against the police.

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CAST

Emil Jannings
Basher Bill
Fay Wray
Elizabeth
Olga Baclanova
Annie
Ernest W. Johnson
Mr. Smith
George Kotsonaros
Iron Mike
John Gough
Crony of Basher Bill
Johnnie Morris
Crony of Basher Bill
John Burdette
Publican
Directed by Mauritz Stiller

DETAILS

Status
Released
Original language
EN
Budget
—
Revenue
—
Production
Paramount Pictures, Paramount Famous Lasky Corporation
Country
US

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