The Way of All Flesh (1940)

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Paul Kriza is a cashier of a bank in a small town, 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 prey by a con-game gang, and gang accomplice Mary Brown proves that he certainly is. The next morning he wakes up to discover that 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 and struggles with the henchman–who is killed when a train roars by. Paul escapes, but his watch is found and he is reported as the dead man. But he cannot return home.

Director: Louis King.
Writers: Lajos Biró & Jules Furthman (story), Lenore J. Coffee (screenplay)
Stars: Akim Tamiroff, Gladys George, William Henry, Muriel Angelus, Berton Churchill, Roger Imhof, James Seay, Douglas Kennedy, Norma Gene Nelson, Tommy Bupp, June Hedin, Darryl Hickman, James West, Sam Ash, John Harmon, James Burke, Marilyn Knowlden, John Hartley, Sheila Ryan, Fritz Leiber, Torben Meyer, Stanley Price, Leonard Penn.

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3 Comments

  1. Wolfgang Jahn
    September 27, 2022
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    The synopsis above ain’t accurate, this is better:

    “Paul Kriza is a cashier of a bank in a small town, 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 prey by a con-game gang, and gang accomplice Mary Brown proves that he certainly is. The next morning he wakes up to discover that 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 and struggles with the henchman–who is killed when a train roars by. Paul escapes, but his watch is found and he is reported as the dead man. But he cannot return home.”

    • Jon W.
      September 28, 2022
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      Thanks for the improved synopsis, Wolfgang! 👍

  2. Wolfgang Jahn
    September 27, 2022
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    Superb melo/tearjerker: 10/10.

    Great cast doing to top job. Akim Tamiroff shines, as always, and Gladys George is at par.

    Thanx so much, Jon!

    A pity I can’t find STELLA DALLAS (1937) anywhere, this would be the perfect companion piece.

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