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!
1928 | 70m | English
Popularity: 1 (history)
| Director: | Mauritz Stiller |
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| Writer: | Chandler Sprague, Josef von Sternberg, Benjamin Glazer, Julian Johnson |
| Staring: |
| "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. | |
| Release Date: | May 26, 1928 |
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| Director: | Mauritz Stiller |
| Writer: | Chandler Sprague, Josef von Sternberg, Benjamin Glazer, Julian Johnson |
| Genres: | Drama |
| Keywords | lost film |
| Production Companies | Paramount Pictures |
| Box Office |
Revenue: $0
Budget: $0 |
| Updates |
Updated: May 07, 2024 Entered: May 03, 2024 |
| Name | Character |
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| Emil Jannings | Basher Bill |
| Fay Wray | Elizabeth |
| Olga Baclanova | Annie |
| Ernest W. Johnson | None |
| George Kotsonaros | None |
| John Gough | None |
| Johnnie Morris | None |
| John Burdette | None |
| Name | Job |
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| Chandler Sprague | Writer |
| Josef von Sternberg | Story |
| Benjamin Glazer | Story |
| Bert Glennon | Director of Photography |
| Julian Johnson | Writer |
| George Nichols Jr. | Editor |
| Mauritz Stiller | Director |
| Edgar G. Ulmer | Set Designer |
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