An American Tragedy (1931)
1h 36m
Running Time
August 22, 1931Release Date
An American Tragedy (1931)
1h 36m
Running Time
August 22, 1931Release Date
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 Alden
Frances Dee
Sondra Finchley
Irving Pichel
District Attorney Orville Mason
Josef von Sternberg
Director
Wallace Middleton
Gilbert Griffiths
Theodore Dreiser
Writer
Emmett Corrigan
Belknap
Samuel Hoffenstein
Writer
Lee Garmes
Cinematographer
Charles Middleton
Attorney Reuben Jephson
Frederick Burton
Samuel Griffiths
Lucille La Verne
Mrs. Asa Griffiths
Claire McDowell
Mrs. Samuel 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)
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An American Tragedy (1931) is an American pre-Code drama film directed by Josef von Sternberg. It was produced and distributed by Paramount Pictures. The film is based on Theodore Dreiser's 1925 novel An American Tragedy and the 1926 play adaptation. These were based on the historic 1906 murder of Grace Brown by Chester Gillette at Big Moose Lake in upstate New York.The novel would again be adapted in the 1951 Paramount release A Place in the Sun.