Film · Drama
The Way of All Flesh (1927)
The story takes place in Milwaukee during the early 1900s with a bank clerk named August Schiller who is happy with both his job and his family. He is tasked with transporting $1,000 in securities to Chicago. On the train he meets a blond seductress who convinces him to buy her a bottle of champagne, and takes him to a saloon. The next morning he awakes alone in a dilapidated bedroom and without the securities.
- Director
- Victor Fleming
- Writers
- Jules Furthman, Lajos Biró, Perley Poore Sheehan
- Country
- United States
- Language
- English
- Release date
- October 1, 1927
Cast
Emil JanningsAugust Shilling
Belle BennettMrs. Schilling
Donald KeithAugust Jr.
Phyllis HaverThe Temptress
Fred KohlerThe Tough
Philippe De LacyAugust, as a child
Mickey McBanEvald
Betsy Ann HisleCharlotte
Carmencita JohnsonElizabeth- Gordon ThorpeKarl
- Jackie CombsHeinrich
- Dean HarrellEvald
