Crime and Punishment

Directed by Josef von Sternberg

Written by Joseph Anthony, S.K. Lauren, Fyodor Dostoevsky

Former student Raskolnikov is pushed to murder when struggling to pay the rent on his apartment. When the murder is being investigated by the police, Raskolnikov struggles between trying to hide his guilt and the pressure to confess.

Cast

Edward Arnold

Inspector Porfiry

Peter Lorre

Roderick Raskolnikov

Marian Marsh

Sonya

Tala Birell

Antonya Raskolnikov

Elisabeth Risdon

Mrs. Raskolnikov

Robert Allen

Dmitri

Douglass Dumbrille

Grilov

Gene Lockhart

Lushin

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Charles Waldron

University president

Thurston Hall

Editor

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Mrs. Patrick Campbell

Pawnbroker