Drama · United States of America · 1928 · 1h 10m

The Street of Sin

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Director
Mauritz StillerLudwig BergerLothar Mendes
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
Crew
Bert Glennon — Director of Photography George Nichols Jr. — Editor Julian Johnson — Writer Chandler Sprague — Writer Josef von Sternberg — Story Benjamin Glazer — Story
Tagline

The successor to "The Way of All Flesh"---and a worthy one! Jannings' third American-made picture -- and twice as good as the first!

Synopsis

"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.

Mood & Themes
lost film
Key Collaborators
Mauritz Stiller Director Ludwig Berger Director Lothar Mendes Director Bert Glennon Director of Photography George Nichols Jr. Editor Julian Johnson Writer Chandler Sprague Writer Josef von Sternberg Story Benjamin Glazer Story
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