The Street of Sin
1928 · 70 min
Drama
★ 8.0"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.
Crew
- Director Mauritz Stiller
- Director Ludwig Berger
- Director Lothar Mendes
- Writer Chandler Sprague
- Writer Julian Johnson
- Story Benjamin Glazer
- Story Josef von Sternberg
- Director of Photography Bert Glennon
Cast
Emil Jannings
Basher Bill
Fay Wray
Elizabeth
Olga Baclanova
Annie
- E
Ernest W. Johnson
Mr. Smith
- G
George Kotsonaros
Iron Mike
John Gough
Crony of Basher Bill
- J
Johnnie Morris
Crony of Basher Bill
- J
John Burdette
Publican
- D
Douglas Haig
- K
Kid Broad
Mug (uncredited)
- J
Jack Herrick
Mug (uncredited)
- J
Joseph Herrick
Mug (uncredited)
Crew
- Director — Mauritz Stiller
- Director — Ludwig Berger
- Director — Lothar Mendes
- Writer — Chandler Sprague
- Writer — Julian Johnson
- Story — Benjamin Glazer
- Story — Josef von Sternberg
- Director of Photography — Bert Glennon
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