The read
It runs a compact 1h 5m.
Synopsis
The story centers on a sordid love triangle involving a woman and two men. Their personal tensions and romantic complications reach a breaking point just as the local infrastructure fails. The climax of the film occurs when a massive dam bursts, unleashing a catastrophic flood. This disaster serves as the ultimate resolution for the characters' interpersonal struggles, forcing a conclusion to their conflicting relationships through the life-and-death stakes of the inundation.
Ratings
TMDB10/10
1 audience votes
Key crew
- James TinlingDirector
- John T. NevilleScreenplay
Cast
- Eleanor BoardmanJoan Marshall
- Monte BlueDavid Bruce
- Frank SheridanDavid Bruce Sr.
- David NewellRandolph Bannister
- William V. MongColonel Marshall
- Eddie TamblynWilly
- Arthur HoytUncle George
- Ethel WalesAunt Constance
- Violet BarloweEmily
- Bud RaeJeff
- Ethan AllenOil Skins
Themes
lost film