A Modern Hero

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

• Gene MarkeyScreenplay
• Kathryn ScolaScreenplay
• G.W. PabstDirector
• Heinz RoemheldOriginal Music Composer

• Richard BarthelmessPierre Radier aka Paul Rader
• Jean MuirJoanna Ryan Croy
• Marjorie RambeauMme. Azais
• Verree TeasdaleLady Claire Benston
• Florence EldridgeLeah Ernst
• Dorothy BurgessHazel Flint Radier
• Hobart CavanaughHenry Mueller
• William JanneyYoung Pierre Croy
• Arthur HohlHomer Flint
• Theodore NewtonElmer Croy
• Maidel TurnerAunt Clara Weingartner
• Mickey RentschlerYoung Pierre as a Child