The Way of All Flesh 1940

WHICH DID HE CHOOSE?...the Kiss of LOVE..the call of home and family...or the kiss of LUST..the law of the bright lights?

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Romance Crime Drama

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.

Release Date 1940-07-05
Runtime 1h 26m
Directors Louis King, Theodor Sparkuhl, Joe Lefert
Producers Eugene J. Zukor, William LeBaron
Writers Lenore J. Coffee, Lajos BirĂ³, Jules Furthman