The Valiant

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.

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)

Reviews

CinemaSerf

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 ...

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