Wheel of Chance

Summary 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. View more details

Wheel of Chance

Directed : Alfred Santell

Written : Gerald C. Duffy Garrett Graham Fannie Hurst

Stars : Richard Barthelmess Warner Oland Anne Schaefer Bodil Rosing

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Genres : Crime Drama War

Release date : Jun 16, 1928

Countries of origin : United States

Language : English None

Production companies : First National Pictures

Summary 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. View more details

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Genres : Crime Drama War

Release date : Jun 16, 1928

Countries of origin : United States

Language : English None

Production companies : First National Pictures

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