The Street of Sin

The Street of Sin (1928)

8.0 70 min Movie
Drama

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

"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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Cast

Emil Jannings Emil Jannings Basher Bill
Fay Wray Fay Wray Elizabeth
Olga Baclanova Olga Baclanova Annie
Ernest W. Johnson Ernest W. Johnson Mr. Smith
George Kotsonaros George Kotsonaros Iron Mike
John Gough John Gough Crony of Basher Bill
Johnnie Morris Johnnie Morris Crony of Basher Bill
John Burdette John Burdette Publican
Douglas Haig Douglas Haig
Kid Broad Kid Broad Mug (uncredited)
Jack Herrick Jack Herrick Mug (uncredited)
Joseph Herrick Joseph Herrick Mug (uncredited)

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