The Crowd (1928)

NR03/03/1928Drama, Romance1h 38m
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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.

Top Billed Cast

  1. Cast 1

    Eleanor Boardman

    Mary Sims

  2. Cast 1

    James Murray

    John 'Johnny' Sims

  3. Cast 1

    Bert Roach

    Bert

  4. Cast 1

    Estelle Clark

    Jane

  5. Daniel G. Tomlinson

    Jim

  6. Cast 1

    Dell Henderson

    Dick

  7. Cast 1

    Lucy Beaumont

    Mary's Mother

  8. Cast 1

    Freddie Burke Frederick

    John 'Junior' Sims

  9. Alice Mildred Puter

    Sims Daughter

Ha! Talk about "Stop the world I want to get off". Well that's how "John" (James Murray) feels for a fair chunk of this intimate observational drama about his relationship with his wife "Mary" (Eleanor Boardman). They meet, fall in love, start a family - all is going great guns until a tragedy strikes the pair. "Mary" proves a little more robust following this fairly gut-wrenching event; he really struggles. He quits his job with an insurance company and spends the next few months in and out of work. It's not that he is lazy, or incapable - it's that he feels useless, worthless and a bit of a ...

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