The Way of All Flesh

The Way of All Flesh

86 mins | Drama, Crime, Romance | July 5, 1940

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.

The Way of All Flesh

86 mins | Drama, Crime, Romance | July 5, 1940

The Way of All Flesh
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.
IMDb rating 6.8
Producers Paramount
Original title The Way of All Flesh
Directors Joe Lefert, Louis King
Writers Lenore J. Coffee, Lajos BirĂ³, Jules Furthman

Cast

Akim Tamiroff

as Paul Kriza

Gladys George

as Anna Kriza

William Henry

as Paul Kriza Jr.

Muriel Angelus

as Mary Brown

Berton Churchill

as Reginald L. Morten

Roger Imhof

as Franz Henzel

James Seay

as Varno

Douglas Kennedy

as Timothy

Norma Gene Nelson

as Mitzi as a Child

Tommy Bupp

as Timothy as a Child

June Hedin

as Julie as a Child

Darryl Hickman

as Victor as a boy

James West

as Paul Jr., as a Child

John Harmon

as Pete

James Burke

as Frisco

Marilyn Knowlden

as Julie Kriza

John Hartley

as Victor Kriza

Sheila Ryan

as Mitzi Kriza

Fritz Leiber

as Max

Torben Meyer

as Sandor Nemzeti

Stanley Price

as Lefty

Leonard Penn

as Joe

George Anderson

as Minor Role

Sam Ash

as Cigar Clerk

Guy Bellis

as Minister

Wade Boteler

as Policeman

Paul E. Burns

as First Hobo

Jimmy Conlin

as Second Hobo

Frank Darien

as Second Director

Dorothy Dayton

as Cigarette Girl

Billy Engle

as Newspaper Owner

Martin Faust

as Waiter

James Flavin

as Policeman

Sam Flint

as First Director

Allen Fox

as Cigar Clerk

Galan Galt

as Foreman

Ethyl May Halls

as Mother

Payne B. Johnson

as Boy in Park

John Laing

as Hotel Clerk

Joyce Mathews

as Telegraph Girl

Wanda McKay

as Cigarette Girl

Howard M. Mitchell

as Policeman

Jack Norton

as Barber

Wally Rairden

as Bellhop

Henry Roquemore

as Third Director

Oscar Smith

as Porter

Teet Smith

as Minor Role

Janet Waldo

as Hat Check Girl

Robert Fischer

as Baker