
Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans(1927)
A married farmer falls under the spell of a slatternly woman from the city, who tries to convince him to drown his wife.


“Can she be blamed for a past she didn't create?”
Unjustly accused of adultery in a scandalous divorce, Larita Filton flees to the French Riviera. She soon falls in love with a young Englishman, John Whittaker, and begins anew under an assumed name. But when John brings her home to his disapproving family, Larita’s past begins to resurface.

Isabel Jeans
Larita Filton

Franklin Dyall
Aubrey Filton
Eric Bransby Williams
Claude Robson - the co-respondent

Ian Hunter
The Plaintiff's Counsel

Robin Irvine
John Whittaker

Violet Farebrother
Mrs. Whittaker

Frank Elliott
Colonel Whittaker
Dacia Deane
Marion Whittaker

Dorothy Boyd
Hilda Whittaker

Enid Stamp-Taylor
Sarah
Easy Virtue is a romance, drama film released in 1928 exploring themes of bad mother-in-law, based on play or musical, french riviera, black and white, silent film. Directed by Alfred Hitchcock, it stars Isabel Jeans, Franklin Dyall, Eric Bransby Williams. Unjustly accused of adultery in a scandalous divorce, Larita Filton flees to the French Riviera. She soon falls in love with a young Englishman, John Whittaker, and begins anew under an assumed name. But when John brings her home to his disapproving family, Larita’s past begins to resurface.
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