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A Modern Hero(1934)

April 21, 19341h 11m

70%User score 70 percent

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4 votes

Overview

A 1920s circus performer uses every means at his disposal to achieve fame and fortune at the expense of others.

Director: G.W. Pabst
Writers: Kathryn Scola, Gene Markey

Top Billed Cast

Richard Barthelmess
Pierre Radier aka Paul Rader
Jean Muir
Joanna Ryan Croy
Marjorie Rambeau
Mme. Azais
Verree Teasdale
Lady Claire Benston

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Florence Eldridge

Leah Ernst

Dorothy Burgess

Hazel Flint Radier

Hobart Cavanaugh

Henry Mueller

William Janney

Young Pierre Croy

Arthur Hohl

Homer Flint

Theodore Newton

Elmer Croy

Maidel Turner

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Young Pierre as a Child

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Facts

Status: Released
Original title: A Modern Hero
Original language: English
Production: Warner Bros. Pictures

Keywords

circus
ambition
pre-code
circus performer

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