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The Crowd

The Crowd

7,6 /10 (199 Votes)
1928 EN 98 min

Overview

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.

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Rent

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Release date

03/03/1928

Votes

199

Popularity

2.0

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

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Status

Released

Language

EN

Runtime

98 min

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CinemaSerf

CinemaSerf

2024-03-24

⭐ 7

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 struggles. He quits his job with an insurance company and spends the next few months in and out of work. It's not that he is lazy, or incapable - it's that he feels useless, worthless and a bit of a …

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