The Valiant (1929)
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The Valiant began life as a one-act play by Holworthy Hall and Robert Middlemass. It is a stark little vaudeville piece about a convicted murderer who goes silently to his execution without ever revealing his true identity. Expanded to 65 minutes, The Valiant was filmed in 1929, starring Paul Muni… More The Valiant began life as a one-act play by Holworthy Hall and Robert Middlemass. It is a stark little vaudeville piece about a convicted murderer who goes silently to his execution without ever revealing his true identity. Expanded to 65 minutes, The Valiant was filmed in 1929, starring Paul Muni in his first feature-film role. He plays a drifter with a clouded past who accidentally kills the key witness to a crime, then sacrifices himself to the law under an assumed name rather than disgrace his family. In this manner, Muni is certain that he's redeemed himself for his previous misdeeds--but a curious police inspector tries to probe his past. The Valiant was remade in 1940 as The Man Who Wouldn't Talk, with Lloyd Nolan in the Muni role. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
- Directed By
- William K. Howard
- Genres
- Drama, Classics
Unrated,
- In Theaters
- May 19, 1929 Wide
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Cast
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Paul Muni
as James Dyke
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Marguerite Churchill
as Mary Douglas
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DeWitt Jennings
as Warden
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Henry Kolker
as Judge
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Edith Yorke
as Mrs. Douglas
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Richard Carlyle
as Chaplain
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Johnny Mack Brown
as Robert Ward
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Clifford Dempsey
as Police Lieutenant
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George C. Pearce
as Dr. Edmondson
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Don Terry
as Policeman
