

An American Tragedy
DirectorJosef von Sternberg
“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.
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Cast

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
Mrs. Samuel Griffiths
Wallace Middleton
Gilbert Griffiths

Emmett Corrigan
Belknap

Charles Middleton
Attorney Reuben Jephson

Lucille La Verne
Mrs. Asa Griffiths

Al Hart
Titus Alden

Fanny Midgley
Mrs. Titus Alden
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