The story takes place in Milwaukee during the early 1900s with a bank clerk named August Schiller who is happy with both his job and his family. He is tasked with transporting $1,000 in securities to Chicago. On the train he meets a blond seductress who convinces him to buy her a bottle of champagne, and takes him to a saloon. The next morning he awakes alone in a dilapidated bedroom and without the securities.
Emil Jannings | August Shilling |
Belle Bennett | Mrs. Schilling |
Donald Keith | August Jr. |
Phyllis Haver | The Temptress |
Fred Kohler | The Tough |
Philippe De Lacy | August, as a child |
Mickey McBan | Evald |
Betsy Ann Hisle | Charlotte |
Carmencita Johnson | Elizabeth |
Gordon Thorpe | Karl |
Jackie Combs | Heinrich |
Dean Harrell | Evald |