The evils of alcohol before and during prohibition become evident as we see its effects on the rich Chilcote family and the hard working Tarleton family.
Acting
Lewis Stone's haunted patriarch hits different.
Production
Victor Fleming's scale before he made actual classics.
Writing
Upton Sinclair adaptation pulls zero punches.
Director
Victor Fleming
Dorothy Jordan
Maggie May
Lewis Stone
Roger Chilcote
Neil Hamilton
Roger Chilcote, Jr.
Emma Dunn
Mrs. Chilcote
Reginald Barlow
Judge Brandon
John Larkin
Moses
Gertrude Howard
Angelina
Robert Young
Kip Tarleton
Walter Huston
Pow Tarleton
Jimmy Durante
Abe Shilling
Wallace Ford
Jerry Tyler
Myrna Loy
Eileen Pinchon
Joan Marsh
Evelyn Fessenden
John Miljan
Major Doleshal
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Released during actual prohibition, this was MGM's expensive gamble that audiences wanted to watch fictional misery about real laws.
Victor Fleming made this between Red Dust and Bombshell, then immediately pivoted to The Wizard of Oz—talk about range.
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