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The Street of Sin

The Street of Sin

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Status

Released

Release Date

May 26, 1928

Runtime

1h 10m

Genres

Drama

Original Title

The Street of Sin

Production Companies

Paramount Pictures

Director

Mauritz Stiller

Description

"Basher Bill," a retired prizefighter turned criminal, pretends to reform by joining a Salvation Army shelter in London run by a pious wraith named Elizabeth. Attracted to Elizabeth (although he is engaged to a street girl named Annie), Bill confesses to a bank robbery, has a spiritual revelation, and decides to go straight. His cast-off sweetheart reports him to the police; then, contrite, she warns Bill of the impending danger. Bill is captured immediately, but he escapes and sacrifices his life to save Elizabeth and the Salvation Army nursery when the rest of the gang use them as a human barricade against the police.