The Way of All Flesh (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.
Director:
Louis King
Writer:
Lenore J. Coffee
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Akim Tamiroff as Paul Kriza |
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Gladys George as Anna Kriza |
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William Henry as Paul Kriza Jr. |
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Muriel Angelus as Mary Brown |
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Berton Churchill as Reginald L. Morten |
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Roger Imhof as Franz Henzel |
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James Seay as Varno |
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Douglas Kennedy as Timothy |
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Norma Gene Nelson as Mitzi as a Child |
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Tommy Bupp as Timothy as a Child |
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June Hedin as Julie as a Child |
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Darryl Hickman as Victor as a boy |
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James West as Paul Jr., as a Child |
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John Harmon as Pete |
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James Burke as Frisco |
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Marilyn Knowlden as Julie Kriza |
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John Hartley as Victor Kriza |
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Sheila Ryan as Mitzi Kriza |
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Fritz Leiber as Max |
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Torben Meyer as Sandor Nemzeti |
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Stanley Price as Lefty |
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Leonard Penn as Joe |
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George Anderson as Minor Role |
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Sam Ash as Cigar Clerk |
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Guy Bellis as Minister |
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Wade Boteler as Policeman |
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Paul E. Burns as First Hobo |
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Jimmy Conlin as Second Hobo |
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Frank Darien as Second Director |
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Dorothy Dayton as Cigarette Girl |
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Billy Engle as Newspaper Owner |
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Martin Faust as Waiter |
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James Flavin as Policeman |
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Sam Flint as First Director |
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Allen Fox as Cigar Clerk |
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Galan Galt as Foreman |
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Ethyl May Halls as Mother |
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Cullen Johnson as Boy |
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Payne B. Johnson as Boy in Park |
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John Laing as Hotel Clerk |
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Joyce Mathews as Telegraph Girl |
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Wanda McKay as Cigarette Girl |
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Howard M. Mitchell as Policeman |
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Jack Norton as Barber |
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Wally Rairden as Bellhop |
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Henry Roquemore as Third Director |
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Oscar Smith as Porter |
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Teet Smith as Minor Role |
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Janet Waldo as Hat Check Girl |
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Robert Fischer as Baker |
| Directing | Louis King | Director |
| Sound | Victor Young | Original Music Composer |
| Camera | Theodor Sparkuhl | Director of Photography |
| Editing | Stuart Gilmore | Editor |
| Art | Hans Dreier | Art Direction |
| Art | John B. Goodman | Art Direction |
| Art | A. E. Freudeman | Set Decoration |
| Directing | Joe Lefert | Assistant Director |
| Production | William LeBaron | Executive Producer |
| Production | Eugene J. Zukor | Associate Producer |
| Writing | Lenore J. Coffee | Screenplay |
| Writing | Jules Furthman | Story |
| Writing | Lajos Biró | Story |
