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An American Tragedy
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.
Cast
- Phillips Holmes as Clyde Griffiths
- Sylvia Sidney as Roberta 'Bert' Alden
- Frances Dee as Sondra Finchley
- Irving Pichel as District Attorney Orville Mason
- Frederick Burton as Samuel Griffiths
- Claire McDowell as Mrs. Samuel Griffiths
- Wallace Middleton as Gilbert Griffiths
- Emmett Corrigan as Belknap
- Charles Middleton as Attorney Reuben Jephson
- Lucille La Verne as Mrs. Asa Griffiths
- Al Hart as Titus Alden
- Fanny Midgley as Mrs. Titus Alden
Details
- Director
- Josef von Sternberg
- Released
- August 22, 1931
- Runtime
- 1h 36m
- Genres
- Crime, Drama, Romance
- Studio
- Paramount Pictures
- Status
- Released
- TMDB score
- 6.3 / 10 from 18 votes
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