The Way of All Flesh (1940)
Overview
Paul Kriza is a cashier of a bank in a small town, and the happy husband of Anna and the father of four children. He is sent to New York to deliver some securities for the bank. There, he is tagged as easy-pickings by a con-game gang and Mary Brown, gang accomplice, proves he is. Waking up in the morning he discovers he has been robbed of the securities and, when he confronts the gang, he is hit on the head and taken out to be left on a railroad track. He comes to, struggles with the henchman and the man is killed when a train comes roaring by. Paul escapes but his watch is found and he is reported as the dead man. But he can't go home again.
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Additional Info
| Budget | $0.00 |
|---|---|
| Revenue | $0.00 |
| Original Language | en |
| Popularity | 1.571 |
Directed By
Louis King
Crew
Louis King
John B. Goodman
Theodor Sparkuhl
Joe Lefert
William LeBaron
Jules Furthman
Hans Dreier
Stuart Gilmore
A. E. Freudeman
Eugene J. Zukor
Victor Young
Lenore J. Coffee
Lajos Biró
TOP CAST
Akim Tamiroff
Paul Kriza
Gladys George
Anna Kriza
William Henry
Paul Kriza Jr.
Muriel Angelus
Mary Brown
Berton Churchill
Reginald L. Morten
Roger Imhof
Franz Henzel
James Seay
Varno
Douglas Kennedy
Timothy
Norma Gene Nelson
Mitzi as a Child
Tommy Bupp
Timothy as a Child
June Hedin
Julie as a Child
Darryl Hickman
Victor as a boy
James West
Paul Jr., as a Child
John Harmon
Pete
James Burke
Frisco
Marilyn Knowlden
Julie Kriza
John Hartley
Victor Kriza
Sheila Ryan
Mitzi Kriza
Fritz Leiber
Max
Torben Meyer
Sandor Nemzeti
Stanley Price
Lefty
Leonard Penn
Joe
George Anderson
Minor Role
Sam Ash
Cigar Clerk
Guy Bellis
Minister
Wade Boteler
Policeman
Paul E. Burns
First Hobo
Jimmy Conlin
Second Hobo
Frank Darien
Second Director
Dorothy Dayton
Cigarette Girl
Billy Engle
Newspaper Owner
Martin Faust
Waiter
James Flavin
Policeman
Sam Flint
First Director
Allen Fox
Cigar Clerk
Galan Galt
Foreman
Ethyl May Halls
Mother
Cullen Johnson
Boy
Payne B. Johnson
Boy in Park
John Laing
Hotel Clerk
Joyce Mathews
Telegraph Girl
Wanda McKay
Cigarette Girl
Howard M. Mitchell
Policeman
Jack Norton
Barber
Wally Rairden
Bellhop
Henry Roquemore
Third Director
Oscar Smith
Porter
Teet Smith
Minor Role
Janet Waldo
Hat Check Girl
Robert Fischer
Baker
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