
A social climber charms a debutante, seduces a factory worker and commits murder.
Cast

Phillips Holmes
Clyde Griffiths

Sylvia Sidney
Roberta 'Bert' Alden

Frances Dee
Sondra Finchley

Irving Pichel
District Attorney Orville Mason
Frederick Burton
Samuel Griffiths

Claire McDowell
Mrs. Samuel Griffiths
Wallace Middleton
Gilbert Griffiths

Emmett Corrigan
Belknap

Charles Middleton
Attorney Reuben Jephson

Lucille La Verne
Mrs. Asa Griffiths

Al Hart
Titus Alden

Fanny Midgley
Mrs. Titus Alden

Arnold Korff
Judge Oberwaltzer

Russ Powell
Coroner Fred Heit

Ed Brady
Train Brakeman (uncredited)

Richard Cramer
Deputy Sheriff Kraut (uncredited)

Claire Dodd
Gaile Warren (uncredited)

Robert Dudley
Juror (uncredited)

George Irving
Mr. Finchley (uncredited)

Arline Judge
Bella Griffiths (uncredited)

Nella Walker
Hotel Guest (uncredited)

William Bailey
Unknown

Martin Cichy
Unknown

James Durkin
Unknown
Elizabeth Forrester
Unknown
Sherry Hall
Unknown

Evelyn Pierce
Unknown
Vivian Winston
Unknown
Crew

Josef von Sternberg
Director, Writer, Producer

Samuel Hoffenstein
Screenplay

Theodore Dreiser
Novel
Lee Garmes
Director of Photography
Paul Ivano
Camera Operator

Travis Banton
Costume Design
Harry D. Mills
Sound Engineer
Ralph Rainger
Original Music Composer

John Leipold
Original Music Composer
Hans Dreier
Set Decoration, Art Direction
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