
May 26, 1928
1h 10m

"Basher Bill," a retired prizefighter turned criminal, pretends to reform by joining a Salvation Army shelter in London run by a pious wraith named Elizabeth. Attracted to Elizabeth (although he is engaged to a street girl named Annie), Bill confesses to a bank robbery, has a spiritual revelation, and decides to go straight. His cast-off sweetheart reports him to the police; then, contrite, she warns Bill of the impending danger. Bill is captured immediately, but he escapes and sacrifices his life to save Elizabeth and the Salvation Army nursery when the rest of the gang use them as a human barricade against the police.

Emil Jannings
Basher Bill

Fay Wray
Elizabeth

Olga Baclanova
Annie

Ernest W. Johnson
Mr. Smith

George Kotsonaros
Iron Mike

John Gough
Crony of Basher Bill

Johnnie Morris
Crony of Basher Bill

John Burdette
Publican

Douglas Haig
Cast

Kid Broad
Mug (uncredited)
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Mauritz Stiller
Benjamin Glazer, Josef von Sternberg, Chandler Sprague
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Paramount Pictures
US
Paramount Famous Lasky Corporation
US