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About
World War I veteran Tom Holmes is marked by the unbearable suffering caused by his battle wounds. Over the years, he comes to experience both the pain of misfortune and a love for other human beings.
Theatrical
Jun 17, 1933
Budget
$290K
Director
Writers
Producer
Music
Studio
First National Pictures
Keywords
capitalism
inventor
war veteran
drug addiction
world war i
automation
street riots
great depression
anti-communism
unrequited love
morphine
poverty
laundry
presumed dead
labor organizer
pre-code
veteran
bank clerk
workers union
vagrancy
1920s
soup kitchen
1910s
1930s
red squad
run out of town
communist movement
hunger riots
Cast
Full credits →R
Richard Barthelmess
Tom Holmes
A
Aline MacMahon
Mary Dennis
L
Loretta Young
Ruth Loring
G
Gordon Westcott
Roger Winston
R
Robert Barrat
Max Brinker
B
Berton Churchill
Mr. Winston
G
Grant Mitchell
George Gibson
C
Charley Grapewin
Pa Dennis
R
Robert McWade
Dr. Briggs
G
G. Pat Collins
Leader of Agitators
J
James Murray
Blind Soldier
E
Edwin Maxwell
Laundry Company President
M
Margaret Seddon
Jeanette Holmes
A
Arthur Vinton
Captain Joyce
R
Robert Elliott
'Red' Squad Policeman #1
J
John Marston
The Judge (voice)
W
Ward Bond
Red (uncredited)
R
Ronnie Cosby
Young Bill Holmes (uncredited)
D
Douglass Dumbrille
Chief Engineer Jim (uncredited)
J
John 'Skins' Miller
Angry Laundry Worker (uncredited)
