Movie Cosmos - The Valiant

Description:

A man condemned to execution tries to convince two women that he is not their son and brother, and that they must get on with their lives.

Top Cast >

Paul Muni

As James Dyke

Marguerite Churchill

As Mary Douglas

Johnny Mack Brown

As Robert Ward

DeWitt Jennings

As Warden Holt

Edith Yorke

As Mrs. Douglas

Clifford Dempsey

As Police Lieutenant

Richard Carlyle

As Father Daly

Henry Kolker

As Judge

Sherwood Bailey

As Little Boy (uncredited)

George Chesebro

As Liberty Bondsman (uncredited)

Sidney D'Albrook

As Prison Guard (uncredited)

Dannie Mac Grant

As Little Boy (uncredited)

Henry Hall

As Harold Everett Porter (uncredited)

Barton Hepburn

As Joe Douglas as a Youth (uncredited)

Robert Homans

As Newspaper Printer (uncredited)

Lillian Lawrence

As Spinster on Train (uncredited)

Billy O'Brien

As Boy (uncredited)

Helen Parrish

As Little Child on Train (uncredited)

George C. Pearce

As Dr. Edmondson (uncredited)

Bob Perry

As Bill the Guard (uncredited)

Buster Slaven

As Little Boy (uncredited)

Don Terry

As Policeman (uncredited)

Delmar Watson

As Little Boy Who Falls Down (uncredited)

Tom Wilson

As Tom the Printer (uncredited)

Top Crew >

William K. Howard

Director, Producer

Robert Middlemass

Theatre Play

Holworthy Hall

Theatre Play

Jack Dennis

Editor

William Fox

Presenter

Tom Barry

Adaptation, Dialogue

John Hunter Booth

Dialogue

Glen MacWilliams

Additional Photography

Frank McKenzie

Sound

Lucien N. Andriot

Director of Photography

J. Gordon Cooper

Assistant Director

Reviews:

CinemaSerf (6/10)

Paul Muni stands out here as the anonymous young man who walks into a police station and confess to a murder. Adopting a name ("Dyke") from a calendar hung on the wall, he is tried, convicted and sentenced to death. When his fate is published, as well as his photo, in the press a young girl and her mother wonder that he might be their long lost brother/son and set out to try establish the truth. The story is curious - it gives us surprisingly little to go on until the last fifteen minutes when we are treated to a wonderfully poignant denouement with the Oscar nominated Muni and "Mary" (Marguerite Churchill). It's more a film to appreciate because of it's cinematic significance - a very early and well made - if simple - talkie, but as a story it is really rather under-cooked for the most part and the supporting efforts add little to the intrigue.

2022-06-06