The Virtuous Sin

Marya gets friendly with General Platoff in order to save her husband Victor from being executed.

Cast

Walter Huston

as Gregory Platoff

Kay Francis

as Marya Ivanova Sablin

Jobyna Howland

as Alexandra Stroganov

Kenneth MacKenna

as Victor Sablin

Paul Cavanagh

as Capt. Orloff

Eric Kalkhurst

as Glinka

Oscar Apfel

as Ivanoff

Gordon McLeod

as Nikitin

Youcca Troubetzkov

as Sobakin

Victor Potel

as Sentry

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