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Film · 1928

The Crowd

A Motion Picture with a stirring message on Marriage! A Powerful Film, full of truths of life and love!

Directed by King VidorEleanor BoardmanJames MurrayBert Roach
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3 Mar 1928Released
1h 38mRunning time
7.6TMDB score of 10
DramaGenre

The story

John, an ambitious but undisciplined New York City office worker, meets and marries Mary. They start a family, struggle to cope with marital stress, financial setbacks, and tragedy, all while lost amid the anonymous, pitiless throngs of the big city.

Cast

Eleanor Boardman

Eleanor Boardman

Mary Sims
James Murray

James Murray

John 'Johnny' Sims
Bert Roach

Bert Roach

Bert
Estelle Clark

Estelle Clark

Jane

Daniel G. Tomlinson

Jim
Dell Henderson

Dell Henderson

Dick
Lucy Beaumont

Lucy Beaumont

Mary's Mother
Freddie Burke Frederick

Freddie Burke Frederick

John 'Junior' Sims

Alice Mildred Puter

Sims Daughter

John D. Bloss

Boy on Fence (uncredited)

Roy Bloss

Boy on Fence (uncredited)
Sidney Bracey

Sidney Bracey

John's Supervisor (uncredited)
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