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19/05/1929 Drama 1h 6m
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Overview

A man condemned to execution tries to convince two women that he is not their son and brother, and that they must get on with their lives.

  1. William K. Howard

    Director

Top billed cast

  1. Paul Muni

    James Dyke

  2. Marguerite Churchill

    Mary Douglas

  3. Johnny Mack Brown

    Robert Ward

  4. DeWitt Jennings

    Warden Holt

  5. Edith Yorke

    Mrs. Douglas

  6. Clifford Dempsey

    Police Lieutenant

  7. Richard Carlyle

    Father Daly

  8. Henry Kolker

    Judge

  9. Sherwood Bailey

    Little Boy (uncredited)

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Reviews

A review by CinemaSerf
Written by CinemaSerf on 2022-06-06
Paul Muni stands out here as the anonymous young man who walks into a police station and confess to a murder. Adopting a name ("Dyke") from a calendar hung on the wall, he is tried, convicted and sentenced to death. When his fate is published, as well as his photo, in the press a young girl and her mother wonder that he might be their long lost brother/son and set out to try establish the truth. The story is curious - it gives us surprisingly little to go on until the last fifteen minutes when we are treated to a wonderfully poignant denouement with the Oscar nominated Muni and "Mary" (Marguer...read the rest
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Status
Released

Original Language
English

Budget
$0.00

Revenue
$0.00

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