Wheel of Chance (1928)
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A Russian family, the Turkeltaubs, emigrates to the US before the Communist revolution that overthrew the Czar. One of their twin sons, Schulke, disappears and is believed dead before they leave. After they settle into their new country, the family does well: the surviving twin, Nicholai, becomes a crusading District Attorney. One of the cases he is assigned to prosecute is that of small-time gangster Jacob Talinef, who has killed a former girlfriend of Nicholai's. Further investigation of the case, though, reveals a shocking secret.
- Release date
- June 17, 2018
- Country of origin
- United States
Cast
- Richard Barthelmess as Nicolai Turkeltaub
- Richard Barthelmess as Jacob Taline
- Bodil Rosing as Sara Turkeltaub
- Warner Oland as Mosher Turkeltaub
- Anne Schaefer as Hanscha Talinef
- Lina Basquette as Ada Berkowitz
- Margaret Livingston as Josie Drew
- Sidney Franklin as Pa Berkowitz
- Martha Franklin as Ma Berkowitz
- Ray Berendzen as Twin - Schulke Turkeltaub as a child
- Roy Berendzen as Twin - Nicholai Turkeltaub as a child
Crew
- Alfred Santell · Director
- Fannie Hurst · Writer
- Gerald C. Duffy · Writer
- Garrett Graham · Writer
- Ernest Haller · Cinematographer
- Cyril Gardner · Editor