They Call It Sin
6.4
“In 1920...They called it "Flaming Youth" TODAY... "They Call it Sin"”
A young, innocent small-town church organist is thrown out of her home, told she was adopted, and that her mother was an evil woman. She follows a crush to the big city and is left fending for herself.
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Cast
15 people
Loretta Young
Marion Cullen
Known for
The Stranger
The Bishop's Wife
George Brent
Dr. Tony Travers
Known for
The Spiral Staircase
Dark Victory
Una Merkel
Dixie Dare
Known for
The Parent Trap
The Bank Dick
David Manners
James E. 'Jimmy' Decker
Known for
Dracula
The Mummy
Helen Vinson
Enid Hollister
Known for
I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang
The Thin Man Goes Home
Louis Calhern
Ford Humphries
Known for
Notorious
The Asphalt Jungle
Joseph Cawthorn
Mr. Hollister
Known for
White Zombie
The Great Ziegfeld
Nella Walker
Mrs. Hollister
Known for
Sabrina
I Love You Again
Elizabeth Patterson
Mrs. Cullen
Known for
I Married a Witch
Remember the Night
Erville Alderson
Mr. Cullen
Known for
The Scarlet Empress
The Bishop's Wife
Marion Byron
Soda Jerk (uncredited)
Known for
Steamboat Bill, Jr.
Roscoe Karns
Brad - Rehearsal Director (uncredited)
Known for
It Happened One Night
His Girl Friday
Thornton Freeland Director · Lillie Hayward Screenplay Howard J. Green Screenplay
United States release November 5, 1932 · Produced in United States · Production First National Pictures, Warner Bros. Pictures
Production
The Vitaphone Corporation
Production
First National Pictures
Production
Warner Bros. Pictures
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United States
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Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
United Kingdom · October 18, 1932
Premiere · London
United States · November 5, 1932
Theatrical
Finland
October 1, 1933 · Theatrical
Sweden
October 9, 1933 · Theatrical
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