Overview:
The story takes place in Milwaukee during the early 1900s with a bank clerk named August Schiller who is happy with both his job and his family. He is tasked with transporting $1,000 in securities to Chicago. On the train he meets a blond seductress who convinces him to buy her a bottle of champagne, and takes him to a saloon. The next morning he awakes alone in a dilapidated bedroom and without the securities.| Status: | Released (1927-10-01) |
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| Awards: | Won 1 Oscar. 1 win total |
| BoxOffice: | $859,900 |
| Screen: | Perley Poore Sheehan, Lajos Biró, Jules Furthman |
| Productions: | Paramount Pictures |
| Production Countries: | United States of America |
| Spoken Languages: | No Language |
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Casts
- 2895: Emil Jannings - August Shilling
- 587954: Belle Bennett - Mrs. Schilling
- 932275: Donald Keith - August Jr.
- 1187918: Phyllis Haver - The Temptress
- 128198: Fred Kohler - The Tough
- 1197526: Philippe De Lacy - August, as a child
- 148425: Mickey McBan - Evald
Crews
- 9049: Victor Fleming - Director - Directing
- 30258: Victor Milner - Director of Photography - Camera
- 37360: Henry Hathaway - Assistant Director - Directing
- 98027: Perley Poore Sheehan - Story - Writing
- 71789: Lajos Biró - Adaptation - Writing
- 4297: Jules Furthman - Writer - Writing
- 71789: Lajos Biró - Writer - Writing
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Nowadays, it beggars belief that a mere two fragments amounting to less than two minutes of this film survive. Perhaps someone, somewhere, has a dusty film can stored in an out-building on the Paramount lot? As it is, what we still have illustrates a soupçon of the talents of the Osc ....
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