Way Down East

Way Down East

6.9IMDb Score
Released:1920-09-03
Duration:150 min
Director:D.W. Griffith
Actors:Lillian Gish, Richard Barthelmess, Lowell Sherman, Burr McIntosh, Kate Bruce
Production:D.W. Griffith Productions

Overview:

A naive country girl is tricked into a sham marriage by a wealthy womanizer, then must rebuild her life despite the taint of having borne a child out of wedlock.

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