The Street of Sin

The Street of Sin (1928)

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

  • Genre: Drama
  • Release Date: 1928-05-26
  • Runtime: 1h 10min
  • Language: English
  • Production Company: Paramount Pictures
  • Production Country: United States of America
  • Directors: Mauritz Stiller, Ludwig Berger, Lothar Mendes.

Summary

"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.

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  • 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

    as
  • Kid Broad

    as Mug (uncredited)
  • Jack Herrick

    as Mug (uncredited)
  • Joseph Herrick

    as Mug (uncredited)
  • James Kilgannon

    as Mug (uncredited)
Art Edgar G. Ulmer Set Designer
Writing Julian Johnson Writer
Writing Chandler Sprague Writer
Writing Josef von Sternberg Story
Directing Mauritz Stiller Director
Editing George Nichols Jr. Editor
Writing Benjamin Glazer Story
Camera Bert Glennon Director of Photography
Directing Ludwig Berger Director
Directing Lothar Mendes Director

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