An American Tragedy
1931-08-22A social climber charms a debutante, seduces a factory worker and commits murder.

A social climber charms a debutante, seduces a factory worker and commits murder.

Clyde Griffiths
Phillips Holmes

Roberta 'Bert' Alden
Sylvia Sidney

Sondra Finchley
Frances Dee

District Attorney Orville Mason
Irving Pichel
Samuel Griffiths
Frederick Burton

Mrs. Samuel Griffiths
Claire McDowell
Gilbert Griffiths
Wallace Middleton

Belknap
Emmett Corrigan

Attorney Reuben Jephson
Charles Middleton

Mrs. Asa Griffiths
Lucille La Verne

Titus Alden
Al Hart

Mrs. Titus Alden
Fanny Midgley

Judge Oberwaltzer
Arnold Korff

Coroner Fred Heit
Russ Powell

Train Brakeman (uncredited)
Ed Brady

Deputy Sheriff Kraut (uncredited)
Richard Cramer

Gaile Warren (uncredited)
Claire Dodd

Juror (uncredited)
Robert Dudley

Mr. Finchley (uncredited)
George Irving

Bella Griffiths (uncredited)
Arline Judge

Hotel Guest (uncredited)
Nella Walker

William Bailey

Martin Cichy

James Durkin
Elizabeth Forrester
Sherry Hall

Evelyn Pierce
Vivian Winston