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American Tragedy, An

An American Tragedy (1931)

Romance | 96 minutes
3,67 6 votes

Genre: Romance / Drama

Duration: 96 minuten

Country: United States

Directed by: Josef von Sternberg

Stars: Phillips Holmes, Sylvia Sidney and Frances Dee

IMDb score: 6,4 (1.066)

Releasedate: 22 August 1931

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An American Tragedy plot

"The Story of a Girl...Good Enough to Betray...But Not Good Enough to Marry."

A humble young man with ruthless ambitions must choose between the love of a rich man's daughter and marriage to a factory worker who is pregnant by him. When the worker drowns, he is accused of murder.

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Phillips Holmes Phillips Holmes

Clyde Griffiths

Sylvia Sidney Sylvia Sidney

Roberta 'Bert' Alden

Frances Dee Frances Dee

Sondra Finchley

Irving Pichel Irving Pichel

District Attorney Orville Mason

Samuel Griffiths

Claire McDowell Claire McDowell

Mrs. Samuel Griffiths

Wallace Middleton Wallace Middleton

Gilbert Griffiths

Emmett Corrigan Emmett Corrigan

Belknap

Charles Middleton Charles Middleton

Attorney Reuben Jephson

Lucille La Verne Lucille La Verne

Mrs. Asa Griffiths

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