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The Sin of Nora Moran (1933)Nora Moran, a young woman with a difficult and tragic past, is sentenced to die for a murder that she did not commit. She could easily reveal the truth and save her own life, if only it ... See full summary » Director:Phil Goldstone |
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Nora Moran
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John Miljan | ... |
Paulino
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Alan Dinehart | ... |
District Attorney John Grant
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Gov. Dick Crawford
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Mrs. Edith Crawford
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Mrs. Watts
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Henry B. Walthall | ... |
Father Ryan
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Otis Harlan | ... |
Mr. Moran
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Aggie Herring | ... |
Mrs. Moran
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Cora Sue Collins | ... |
Nora Moran, as a Child
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Joseph W. Girard | ... |
Captain of Detectives
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Ann Brody | ... |
Matron
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Nora Moran, a young woman with a difficult and tragic past, is sentenced to die for a murder that she did not commit. She could easily reveal the truth and save her own life, if only it would not damage the lives, careers and reputations of those whom she loves. Written by Kieran Kenney
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Straight to every woman's heart! See more »Certificate:
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13 December 1933 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
The Woman in the Chair See more »Company Credits
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IndependentCritics.com named the poster for "The Sin of Nora Moran" as the #1 poster of all time in their Top 100 List. See more »Quotes
District Attorney John Grant: And to me he was just a figurehead that I had groomed for the governorship to further my own political power. When I finally got wind of what was going on, he had become a damned important figurehead.See more »
This film is a great surprise. Apart from being thematically unusual (murder, suicide, corruption, capital punishment, rape, etc) it is visually astonishing and years ahead of its time, anticipating lots of stuff from 40's film noir to art-house European cinema (Bergman's Wild Strawberries for instance).
The film uses the `narratage' technique first used the same year by Preston Sturges in `The Power and the Glory' (also a very interesting film, directed by William K. Howard and a clear precedent of `Citizen Kane') which consists of voice-over narration and flashbacks and flashforwards, but if takes it much further with a very complex structure that includes flashbacks within flashbacks, dreams, hallucinations, flashforwards and characters appearing in scenes where they were not originally present and commenting the action with the main character.
The film is also extraordinarily shot with quasi expressionistic photography, lots of tracking shots, montages and very imaginative use of stock footage. To make all this even more admirable the film was produced on a very low B budget and it runs only 65 minutes.