The Yellow Ticket

The Yellow Ticket

Was happiness ever to be hers?

NR 1931 · 88 min · ★ 5.1 · Adventure, Drama, War

A young Russian girl is forced into a life of prostitution in Czarist Russia, and she and a British journalist find their lives endangered when she reveals to him information regarding the social crimes rampant in her country.

Directed by Raoul Walsh · Written by Jules Furthman

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Elissa Landi Marya Kalish
Lionel Barrymore Baron Igor Andreeff
Laurence Olivier Julian Rolfe
Mischa Auer Melchior
Edwin Maxwell Police Agent Boligoff
Walter Byron Count Nikolai
Arnold Korff Grandfather Kalish
Rita La Roy Fania Rubinstein
Oscar Apfel British Embassy Butler
Frederick Burt Minor Role
Émile Chautard Headwaiter
Gilbert Emery Sir Hubert, British Ambassador

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