Flesh
He Traded His Soul for a Smile From Her Lying Lips!
1932 | 96m | English
Popularity: 1 (history)
| Director: | John Ford |
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| Writer: | Leonard Praskins, Edgar Allan Woolf, Edmund Goulding |
| Staring: |
| Gifted German wrestler Polokai falls in love with ex-con Laura, who persuades him to emigrate to America and gets him involved with crooked promoters. | |
| Release Date: | Dec 08, 1932 |
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| Director: | John Ford |
| Writer: | Leonard Praskins, Edgar Allan Woolf, Edmund Goulding |
| Genres: | Drama, Romance |
| Keywords | germany, immigrant, organized crime, wrestler, ex-con, pre-code |
| Production Companies | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer |
| Box Office |
Revenue: $0
Budget: $0 |
| Updates |
Updated: Jan 30, 2026 Entered: Apr 25, 2024 |
| Name | Character |
|---|---|
| Wallace Beery | Polakai |
| Ricardo Cortez | Nicky |
| Karen Morley | Laura |
| Jean Hersholt | Mr. Herman |
| John Miljan | Willard |
| Herman Bing | Pepi |
| Vince Barnett | Waiter |
| Greta Meyer | Mrs. Herman |
| Edward Brophy | Dolan |
| Ward Bond | Muscles Manning (uncredited) |
| Nat Pendleton | Wrestler (uncredited) |
| Frank Reicher | Warden in Germany (uncredited) |
| Name | Job |
|---|---|
| Moss Hart | Dialogue |
| René Hubert | Costume Design |
| William S. Gray | Editor |
| Errol Taggart | Assistant Director |
| James Brock | Sound |
| Leonard Praskins | Adaptation |
| Edgar Allan Woolf | Adaptation |
| John Ford | Director |
| Alfred Newman | Original Music Composer |
| Arthur Edeson | Director of Photography |
| Cedric Gibbons | Art Direction |
| Douglas Shearer | Sound |
| Edmund Goulding | Story |
| Name | Title |
|---|---|
| John W. Considine Jr. | Producer |
| John Ford | Producer |
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| 2025 | 12 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| 2026 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 |
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