The read
It runs a compact 1h 8m.
Synopsis
Rev. Robert Martin is an ex-minister who has lost his faith because of his wife's faithlessness, and taken up a life of crime as head of a band of pickpockets masquerading as religious workers who ply their trade in the wake of a traveling carnival company. He tries to keep the true nature of his work secret from his daughter Julie, but she learns the truth while traveling with his band for a week.
Ratings
TMDB10/10
1 audience votes
Key crew
- Christy CabanneScreenplay
- Christy CabanneDirector
Cast
- William H. TookerRev. Robert Martin
- Norma ShearerJulie Martin
- Ruth DwyerMary Forrest
- Walter MillerStephen Gregory
- Eugene BordenSam Gregory
- Matthew BetzBert Robinson
- John B. O'BrienMan of Dawn
- Robert KenyonMartin (young man)
- Myrtle MorseMrs. Martin
- Jack CrosbyRaymond Pritchard
- Downing ClarkeMajor Wellington
Stills
Themes
lost film