The Way of All Flesh(1940)

WHICH DID HE CHOOSE?...the Kiss of LOVE..the call of home and family...or the kiss of LUST..the law of the bright lights?

The Way of All Flesh is a silent crime drama following Paul Kriza, a small-town bank cashier and devoted family man sent to New York to deliver securities. Conned and robbed by a street gang, Paul wakes to find himself penniless and targeted for murder. During a brutal confrontation, a henchman is killed by an oncoming train, and Paul's watch is found at the scene. Mistaken for the dead man, he cannot return home without exposing his family to scandal and danger. Trapped between his old life and a false identity, Paul must navigate the criminal underworld while haunted by the man he's accused of killing. A tale of circumstance, desperation, and the price of survival in an unforgiving city.