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6.318 votes

Movie

An American Tragedy

1931•1h 36m•NR•Crime, Drama, Romance

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

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

Top cast

Phillips Holmes

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

Claire McDowell

Mrs. Samuel Griffiths

Wallace Middleton

Gilbert Griffiths

Emmett Corrigan

Emmett Corrigan

Charles Middleton

Charles Middleton

Attorney Reuben Jephson

Lucille La Verne

Lucille La Verne

Mrs. Asa Griffiths

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Keywords

based on novel or book snob trial murder pre-code

Details

Director: Josef von Sternberg
Writer: Josef von Sternberg, Samuel Hoffenstein
Production: Paramount Pictures
Country: United States
Original language: English
Release date: August 22, 1931
Status: Released

social climbing

pregnant woman murdered