An American Tragedy
Crime
Drama
Romance
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.
1931-08-22
en
Cast
Director
Josef von Sternberg
Phillips Holmes as Clyde Griffiths
Sylvia Sidney as Roberta 'Bert' Alden
Frances Dee as Sondra Finchley
Irving Pichel as District Attorney Orville Mason
Claire McDowell as Mrs. Samuel Griffiths
Emmett Corrigan as Belknap
Charles Middleton as Attorney Reuben Jephson
Lucille La Verne as Mrs. Asa Griffiths
Al Hart as Titus Alden
Fanny Midgley as Mrs. Titus Alden
Arnold Korff as Judge Oberwaltzer
Russ Powell as Coroner Fred Heit
Ed Brady as Train Brakeman (uncredited)
Richard Cramer as Deputy Sheriff Kraut (uncredited)
Claire Dodd as Gaile Warren (uncredited)
Robert Dudley as Juror (uncredited)
George Irving as Mr. Finchley (uncredited)
Arline Judge as Bella Griffiths (uncredited)
Nella Walker as Hotel Guest (uncredited)
William Bailey
Martin Cichy
James Durkin
Evelyn Pierce