The read
Critics rate it 16 points higher than audiences do. Scores higher than 83% of the 137 1920s drama movies in this catalog.
Synopsis
When housewife Trina wins the lottery, her comfortable life with her dentist husband John slowly deteriorates, in part by her own increasing paranoia and partly by the machinations of villainous acquaintance Marcus.
Ratings
IMDb8/10
Rotten Tomatoes96%
Critics rate it 16 points higher than audiences do.
205 audience votes
Key crew
- Erich von StroheimDirector
- Erich von StroheimScreenplay
- June MathisScreenplay
- William AxtOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Gibson GowlandJohn McTeague
- Zasu PittsTrina
- Jean HersholtMarcus
- Dale FullerMaria
- Tempe PigottMother McTeague
- Sylvia AshtonMommer Sieppe
- Chester ConklinPopper Sieppe
- Joan StandingSelina
- Jack CurtisMcTeague Sr. (uncredited)
- James F. FultonCribbens a Prospector (uncredited)
- Florence GibsonHag (uncredited)
- Cesare GravinaZwerkow a Junkman (uncredited)
Stills
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Themes
goldgreedmarriagelotterygold minemoneytragedymurderpovertyweddingdentistdeath