“Inflamed by love...and hate A thrilling story...dynamic action...stupendous spectacle!”
The story centers on a sordid love triangle involving a woman and two men. Their personal tensions and romantic complications reach a breaking point just as the local infrastructure fails. The climax of the film occurs when a massive dam bursts, unleashing a catastrophic flood. This disaster serves as the ultimate resolution for the characters' interpersonal struggles, forcing a conclusion to their conflicting relationships through the life-and-death stakes of the inundation.
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Cast
11 people
Eleanor Boardman
Joan Marshall
Known for
The Crowd
Monte Blue
David Bruce
Known for
Key Largo
Orphans of the Storm
Frank Sheridan
David Bruce Sr.
Also in
Broken Lullaby
Danger Lights
David Newell
Randolph Bannister
Also in
The Hole in the Wall
Just Like Heaven
William V. Mong
Colonel Marshall
Known for
Treasure Island
The Vampire Bat
Eddie Tamblyn
Willy
Also in
The Sweetheart of Sigma Chi
Money Means Nothing
Arthur Hoyt
Uncle George
Known for
It Happened One Night
The Lost World
Ethel Wales
Aunt Constance
Also in
The Criminal Code
The Thirteenth Guest
Violet Barlowe
Emily
Also in
Doctor's Orders
Railroad Follies
Bud Rae
Jeff
Known for
Our Daily Bread
Ethan Allen
Oil Skins
Also in
Fulta Fisher's Boarding House
Water Rustlers
James Tinling Director · John T. Neville Screenplay John Stumar Cinematographer
United States release February 28, 1931 · Produced in United States
Production
Columbia Pictures
Production
United States
Produced in
Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
United States · February 28, 1931
Theatrical
United States
May 3, 1931 · Theatrical
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