Rapacità (1924)
Un sedicente medico e sua moglie vincono una grossa somma alla lotteria. Tanto basta per rovinare quel poco che resta del loro matrimonio. La donna, pur di non intaccare il gruzzolo, preferisce continuare a vivere in miseria e finisce così a essere uccisa dal marito il quale a sua volta...
Direttore:
Erich von Stroheim
Scrittori:
Erich von Stroheim, June Mathis.
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Gibson Gowland as John McTeague |
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Zasu Pitts as Trina |
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Jean Hersholt as Marcus |
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Dale Fuller as Maria |
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Tempe Pigott as Mother McTeague |
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Sylvia Ashton as Mommer Sieppe |
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Chester Conklin as Popper Sieppe |
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Joan Standing as Selina |
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Jack Curtis as McTeague Sr. (uncredited) |
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James F. Fulton as Cribbens a Prospector (uncredited) |
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Florence Gibson as Hag (uncredited) |
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Cesare Gravina as Zwerkow a Junkman (uncredited) |
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Frank Hayes as Charles W. Grannis (uncredited) |
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Austen Jewell as August Sieppe (uncredited) |
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Tiny Jones as Mrs. Heise (uncredited) |
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Lillian Lawrence as Gossip (uncredited) |
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Hughie Mack as Mr. Heise (uncredited) |
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Jack McDonald as Placer County Sheriff (uncredited) |
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Fanny Midgley as Anastasia Baker (uncredited) |
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Lon Poff as Lottery Agent (uncredited) |
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S.S. Simon as Joe Frenna (uncredited) |
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Erich von Ritzau as Dr. Painless Potter (uncredited) |
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Erich von Stroheim as Balloon Vendor (uncredited) |
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James Wang as Chinese Cook (uncredited) |
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Max Tyron as Uncle Rudolph Oelbermann (uncredited) |
| Writing | Frank Norris | Novel |
| Camera | William H. Daniels | Director of Photography |
| Editing | Joseph Farnham | Editor |
| Directing | Erich von Stroheim | Director |
| Art | Erich von Stroheim | Production Design |
| Production | Irving Thalberg | Producer |
| Writing | Erich von Stroheim | Screenplay |
| Writing | June Mathis | Screenplay |
| Camera | Ben F. Reynolds | Director of Photography |
| Production | J.J. Cohn | Production Manager |
| Directing | Louis Germonprez | Assistant Director |
| Art | Cedric Gibbons | Set Decoration |
| Art | Erich von Stroheim | Art Direction |
| Art | Richard Day | Art Direction |
| Art | Cedric Gibbons | Art Direction |
| Production | Harry Rapf | Production Manager |
| Directing | Edward Sowders | Assistant Director |
| Camera | Paul Ivano | Camera Operator |
| Editing | Frank E. Hull | Editor |
| Production | Louis B. Mayer | Executive Producer |
| Sound | Leo Kempinski | Music |
| Camera | Warren Lynch | Still Photographer |
| Camera | Ernest B. Schoedsack | Camera Operator |
| Crew | James V. King | Projection |
| Crew | Joseph Farnham | Title Graphics |
| Sound | William Axt | Original Music Composer |