1927
6.9 (7 votes)
1h 34m
Genres
Drama
Production Companies
Paramount Pictures
The Way of All Flesh
Overview
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.
Key Crew
Director: Victor Fleming
Writer: Jules Furthman, Lajos Biró
Director of Photography: Victor Milner
Story: Perley Poore Sheehan
Top Cast
Emil Jannings
August Shilling
Belle Bennett
Mrs. Schilling
Donald Keith
August Jr.
Phyllis Haver
The Temptress
Fred Kohler
The Tough
Philippe De Lacy
August, as a child
Mickey McBan
Evald
Betsy Ann Hisle
Charlotte
