Cabaret (1927)

9.0/10 70 min Drama

Overview

Gloria Trask, who has risen from a squalid East Side environment to stardom in Costigan's nightclub, is admired by Tom Westcott, detective, and Sam Roberts, a gangster with whom her brother is involved. Andy, threatened by the gang, is forced to pay off, and in a showdown in Gloria's dressing room, Andy shoots Roberts in self-defense. Gloria helps her brother to leave on a South American liner, while Tom forces Roberts' girlfriend Blanche to admit to witnessing the crime. Blanche insists that it was murder, but Tom forces her to admit that Roberts had a gun by accusing her of the killing.

Cast

Gilda Gray

Gloria Trask

Tom Moore

Tom Westcott

Chester Conklin

Jerry Trask

Mona Palma

Blanche Howard

Jack Egan

Any Task

William Harrigan

Jack Costigan

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