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69% Critic Match
The Trespasser
“Her First ALL TALKING Picture”
6.9 / 10• 1929• 1h 30m•NR• English
Drama
Storyline
A stenographer who works for a lawyer falls in love with and marries a wealthy young man. His family has the marraige annulled, after which she gives birth to a child. Her former boss helps her out to ensure the child's welfare, which starts gossip that she is a "kept woman."
Cast & Crew
Gloria Swanson
Marion Donnell
Lead
Robert Ames
Jack Merrick
Purnell Pratt
Hector Ferguson
Henry B. Walthall
Fuller
Wally Albright
Jack Merrick
William Holden
John Merrick Sr.
Blanche Friderici
Miss Potter the Nurse
Kay Hammond
Catherine 'Flip' Merrick
What People Are Saying
4.0
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Edmund Goulding's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
3.0
“Every frame feels alive. The Trespasser is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
