The Street of Sin

Overview

"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.

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Cast

Emil Jannings

Basher Bill

Fay Wray

Elizabeth

Olga Baclanova

Annie

Ernest W. Johnson

Mr. Smith

George Kotsonaros

Iron Mike

John Gough

Crony of Basher Bill

Johnnie Morris

Crony of Basher Bill

John Burdette

Publican

Douglas Haig

Kid Broad

Mug (uncredited)