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Programme Information

A great film from the silent era, with a bravura performance from Lillian Gish as a woman living a harsh life on the Texas prairies, who is driven to the brink of insanity when a windstorm uncovers evidence of a killing.

Keywords:

Drama, Movie, Film, Movies, Films

Additional Information:

(Black and white) (1928) (USA) (4 Star)

Cast:

Lillian Gish	.... Letty Mason Hightower
Lars Hanson	.... Lige Hightower
Montagu Love	.... Wirt Roddy
Dorothy Cumming	.... Cora
Edward Earle	.... Beverly
William Orlamond	.... Sourdough

Supporting Cast:

Carmencita Johnson	.... Cora's Child
Leon Janney	.... Cora's Child
Billy Kent Schaefer	.... Cora's Child

Directors:

Victor Sjöström

Writers:

Dorothy Scarborough
Frances Marion