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The Salvation Hunters

1925·US
Director: Josef von Sternberg
Drama

A hopelessly hopeful drifter, a bitter young woman, and a helpless child live on the docks, spending their days in poverty and listless wandering. Overhead, a dredge hauls up mud and trash from the nearby seabed-- the same mud and trash from the day before. They finally decide to leave for the city to seek fulfillment, only to encounter further privation, destitution, temptation.

A hopelessly hopeful drifter, a bitter young woman, and a helpless child live on the docks, spending their days in poverty and listless wandering. Overhead, a dredge hauls up mud and trash from the nearby seabed-- the same mud and trash from the day before. They finally decide to leave for the city to seek fulfillment, only to encounter further privation, destitution, temptation.

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Cast

George K. Arthur

George K. Arthur

The Boy

Georgia Hale

Georgia Hale

The Girl

Bruce Guerin

Bruce Guerin

The Child

Otto Matieson

Otto Matieson

The Man

Nellie Bly Baker

Nellie Bly Baker

The Woman

Olaf Hytten

Olaf Hytten

The Brute

Stuart Holmes

Stuart Holmes

The Gentleman

Crew

Edward Gheller

cinematographer

Josef von Sternberg

writer

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