Greed 1924 Movie

The sudden fortune won from a lottery fans such destructive greed that it ruins the lives of the three people involved. More details

Directors

Erich von Stroheim

Cast

Gibson Gowland Zasu Pitts Jean Hersholt

Tags

drama thriller western lottery gold money dentist dental office poverty five thousand dollars lottery ticket death wedding tragedy murder marriage gold mine friendship death valley greed horseback riding california domestic violence starving reference to pluto water body floating in water ends with a quote inevitability freeing a bird from a cage handcuffed to a dead man survival bludgeoning murdered with a gun handle hit with a gun handle futility loco weed killing a horse shooting a horse horse runs away capture hands held in the air pursuit sunstroke bare chested male dead horse waterhole water silence lizard gila monster rattlesnake sun heat lossing away a rifle no bullet paranoia rifle campfire wanted poster quartz copper sulphite alias lying about name playing pool pool table hotel bunk bed sleeping alarm clock husband murders wife beaten to death christmas decorations beating breaking through a door shadow silhouette blind man merry christmas christmas tree christmas music store piano mover wandering the streets talking through a window missing finger hunger knocking on a window looking through a window money spread out on a bed abandoned by husband department store money withdrawal scrubbing a floor school scrubbing lady finger amputation illness doctor trunk marching band fishing horading money fishing pole saw frying meat meat adjoining rooms distrust torn photograph butcher nightmare dream old woman loneliness submission brutality man hits woman dead body floating in a river finding a dead body dead body police call box paddy wagon policeman police unhappy marriage iris shot clenched fist whiskey nickel pounding on a door bartender stairway searching someone's pockets stomping one's foot in demand bankruptcy wedding photograph photograph old man concertina auction snapping fingers when getting an idea gold tooth cat jumping on a birdcage board of dental examiners symbolism cat deceit liar lie deception knife held to throat wringing hands in greed wife steals money from husband's pants pocket stinginess letter requesting money death threat breaking someone's arm fight biting someone's ear wrestling eyeglasses gold plate ferry baby coffin sick child birth recurring fantasy sequence polishing a coin marital discord renting a house parade street festival suspicion flower lady lily cathedral church wealth woman's toes standing on man's shoes during embrace lovebird wedding bed wedding night mother daughter relationship los angeles california wedding present funeral procession outside a window at a wedding dread flowers coffin funeral procession minister wedding dress organist organ bride and groom wedding ring some scenes color tinted moving for rent sign display sign broken pipe throwing a knife knife switchblade breaking a smoking pipe name calling avarice coin purse marriage engagement loan debt beer cashier uncle niece relationship regret dwarf napkin tucked into collar toast wine neighbor celebration cheek bandage fate boy theatre production rejecting a marriage proposal buying a theatre ticket box office theatre hair brush brushing one's hair apprehension long hair reading boarding house pistol gun mousetrap tears crying fear storm rain nearer my god to thee squeeze box dead rat umbrella family relationships shooting range merry go round dime dog train tracks american flag father daughter relationship washington's birthday schuetzen park picnic obsession cousins in love love triangle player piano boardwalk street life imitating napoleon marriage proposal taking advantage of someone desire stolen kiss kiss lust unconsciousness anesthetic wall clock pocket watch love dental exam handshake picking one's nose dentist patient relationship patient breaking a tooth falling from a swing swing coffee shop binding a pamphlet tea cane train cousin cousin relationship stealing theft thief bird shop pet store gold fillings pipe smoking junkyard junkman eating food dinner german children drug addict tie drugs mexican lodger chloroform pharmacy dog hospital polk street san francisco listening through the wall dressmaker inheritance letter sticking out one's tongue tooth extraction leaving home apprentice dental apprentice cigarette smoking chinese rotten teeth barber shop prostitute horse and carriage horse cook drunkenness drink drinking husband wife relationship saloon father son relationship mother son relationship anger thrown from height kissing a bird catching a bird gold miner gold mining mining begins with the opening of a book begins with a quote trolley streetcar racial stereotype handcuffs uxoricide wedding reception unemployment thirst stabbing spanking san francisco california rural setting revenge rainstorm railway station posse mule miser miner melodrama marital desertion lottery winner kindergarten jealousy german american fugitive fantasy sequence ether date water canteen butcher shop bird bird cage beach bar 1910s partially lost film desert death of child death of mother death of father based on novel surprise ending

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