An American Tragedy

  • Crime
  • Drama
  • Romance
8/22/1931
96
NR

The Story of a Girl...Good Enough to Betray...But Not Good Enough to Marry.

A social climber charms a debutante, seduces a factory worker and commits murder.

Director:
Josef von Sternberg
Writers:
Josef von Sternberg
Samuel Hoffenstein
    • based on novel or book
    • snob
    • trial
    • murder
    • pre-code
    • social climbing
    • pregnant woman murdered

    Cast

    • Phillips Holmes
      Clyde Griffiths
    • Sylvia Sidney
      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
      Attorney Reuben Jephson
    • Lucille La Verne
      Mrs. Asa Griffiths
    • Al Hart
      Titus Alden
    • Fanny Midgley
      Mrs. Titus Alden
    • Arnold Korff
      Judge Oberwaltzer
    • Russ Powell
      Coroner Fred Heit
    • Ed Brady
      Train Brakeman (uncredited)
    • Richard Cramer
      Deputy Sheriff Kraut (uncredited)

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