The Crowd

“A Motion Picture with a stirring message on Marriage! A Powerful Film, full of truths of life and love!”

7.6(200)19281h 38m

DramaRomance

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.

Director

King Vidor

La Folla (The Crowd)

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Cast

Eleanor Boardman

Mary Sims

James Murray

John 'Johnny' Sims

Bert Roach

Bert

Estelle Clark

Jane

Daniel G. Tomlinson

Jim

Dell Henderson

Dick

Lucy Beaumont

Mary's Mother

Freddie Burke Frederick

John 'Junior' Sims

Alice Mildred Puter

Sims Daughter

John D. Bloss

Boy on Fence (uncredited)

Roy Bloss

Boy on Fence (uncredited)

Sidney Bracey

John's Supervisor (uncredited)

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Reviews

1 review

Geronimo1967

2y ago

7.0

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...