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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!
"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.
Cast
- Emil Jannings as Basher Bill
- Fay Wray as Elizabeth
- Olga Baclanova as Annie
- Ernest W. Johnson as Mr. Smith
- George Kotsonaros as Iron Mike
- John Gough as Crony of Basher Bill
- Johnnie Morris as Crony of Basher Bill
- John Burdette as Publican
- Douglas Haig
- Kid Broad as Mug (uncredited)
- Jack Herrick as Mug (uncredited)
- Joseph Herrick as Mug (uncredited)
Details
- Director
- Mauritz Stiller, Ludwig Berger and Lothar Mendes
- Released
- May 26, 1928
- Runtime
- 1h 10m
- Genres
- Drama
- Studio
- Paramount Pictures and Paramount Famous Lasky Corporation
- Status
- Released
- TMDB score
- 8.0 / 10 from 1 votes
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