The Way of All Flesh

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.

Directed by Victor Fleming

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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

Carmencita Johnson

Elizabeth

Gordon Thorpe

Karl

Jackie Combs

Heinrich

Dean Harrell

Evald

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