The Way of All Flesh

The Way of All Flesh

94 mins | Drama | Oct. 1, 1927

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.

The Way of All Flesh

94 mins | Drama | Oct. 1, 1927

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.
IMDb rating 6.7
Producers Paramount
Original title The Way of All Flesh
Directors Henry Hathaway, Victor Fleming
Writers Perley Poore Sheehan, Lajos Biró, Jules Furthman

Cast

Emil Jannings

as August Shilling

Belle Bennett

as Mrs. Schilling

Donald Keith

as August Jr.

Phyllis Haver

as The Temptress

Fred Kohler

as The Tough

Philippe De Lacy

as August, as a child

Mickey McBan

as Evald

Betsy Ann Hisle

as Charlotte

Carmencita Johnson

as Elizabeth

Gordon Thorpe

as Karl

Jackie Combs

as Heinrich

Dean Harrell

as Evald