An American Tragedy (1931)
1h 36m
Running Time
August 22, 1931Release Date
An American Tragedy (1931)
1h 36m
Running Time
August 22, 1931Release Date
Network & Production Companies
Plot.
A social climber charms a debutante, seduces a factory worker and commits murder.
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Cast & Crew.
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)
Josef von Sternberg
Director / Writer / Producer
Theodore Dreiser
Novel
Hans Dreier
Art Direction / Set Decoration
Media.
Details.
Release DateAugust 22, 1931
StatusReleased
Running Time1h 36m
Content RatingNR
Genres
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This Movie Is About.
based on novel or book
snob
murder
trial
pre-code
social climbing
pregnant woman murdered
Wiki.
An American Tragedy (1931) is an American pre-Code drama film directed by Josef von Sternberg and produced and distributed by Paramount Pictures. It is based on Theodore Dreiser's 1925 novel An American Tragedy and its 1926 stage adaptation, which were inspired by the historic 1906 murder of Grace Brown by Chester Gillette at Big Moose Lake in upstate New York. Dreiser's novel would again be adapted by Paramount as the 1951 film A Place in the Sun.
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