"A social climber charms a debutante, seduces a factory worker and commits murder."
Phillips Holmes
as Clyde Griffiths
Sylvia Sidney
as Roberta 'Bert' Alden
Frances Dee
as Sondra Finchley
Irving Pichel
as District Attorney Orville Mason
Frederick Burton
as Samuel Griffiths
Claire McDowell
as Mrs. Samuel Griffiths
Wallace Middleton
as Gilbert Griffiths
Emmett Corrigan
as Belknap
Charles Middleton
as Attorney Reuben Jephson
Lucille La Verne
as Mrs. Asa Griffiths
Al Hart
as Titus Alden
Fanny Midgley
as Mrs. Titus Alden
Arnold Korff
as Judge Oberwaltzer
Russ Powell
as Coroner Fred Heit
Ed Brady
as Train Brakeman (uncredited)
Richard Cramer
as Deputy Sheriff Kraut (uncredited)
Claire Dodd
as Gaile Warren (uncredited)
Robert Dudley
as Juror (uncredited)
George Irving
as Mr. Finchley (uncredited)
Arline Judge
as Bella Griffiths (uncredited)
Nella Walker
as Hotel Guest (uncredited)
William Bailey
as
Martin Cichy
James Durkin
Elizabeth Forrester
Sherry Hall
Evelyn Pierce
Vivian Winston
Josef von Sternberg
Director
Theodore Dreiser
Novel
Writer
Producer
Lee Garmes
Director of Photography
Hans Dreier
Art Direction
Set Decoration
Travis Banton
Costume Design
John Leipold
Original Music Composer
Ralph Rainger
Samuel Hoffenstein
Screenplay
Harry D. Mills
Sound Engineer
Paul Ivano
Camera Operator