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Human Wreckage

  • 19231923
  • 1h 20m
IMDb RATING
7.6/10
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23,221
Human Wreckage (1923)
CrimeThrillerDrama
An attorney's wife is determined to fight the evils of addictive substances.An attorney's wife is determined to fight the evils of addictive substances.An attorney's wife is determined to fight the evils of addictive substances.
IMDb RATING
7.6/10
24
YOUR RATING
POPULARITY
199,877
23,221
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    • Directors
      • John Griffith Wray
      • Dorothy Davenport(uncredited)
    • Writers
      • Dorothy Davenport(uncredited)
      • Will Lambert(story "Dope")
      • C. Gardner Sullivan
    • Stars
      • Dorothy Davenport
      • James Kirkwood
      • Bessie Love
    Top credits
    • Directors
      • John Griffith Wray
      • Dorothy Davenport(uncredited)
    • Writers
      • Dorothy Davenport(uncredited)
      • Will Lambert(story "Dope")
      • C. Gardner Sullivan
    • Stars
      • Dorothy Davenport
      • James Kirkwood
      • Bessie Love
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    • 1User review
    • 2Critic reviews
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    Human Wreckage (1923)
    Bessie Love in Human Wreckage (1923)
    Dorothy Davenport and James Kirkwood in Human Wreckage (1923)
    Dorothy Davenport in Human Wreckage (1923)
    Dorothy Davenport in Human Wreckage (1923)
    Dorothy Davenport in Human Wreckage (1923)

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    Dorothy Davenport
    Dorothy Davenport
    • Ethel MacFarland
    • (as Mrs. Wallace Reid)
    James Kirkwood
    James Kirkwood
    • Alan MacFarland
    Bessie Love
    Bessie Love
    • Mary Finnegan
    George Hackathorne
    George Hackathorne
    • Jimmy Brown
    Claire McDowell
    Claire McDowell
    • Mrs. Brown
    Robert McKim
    Robert McKim
    • Dr. Hillman
    Harry Northrup
    Harry Northrup
    • Steve Stone
    Victory Bateman
    Victory Bateman
    • Mother Finnegan
    Eric Mayne
    Eric Mayne
    • Dr. Blake
    Otto Hoffman
    Otto Hoffman
    • Harris
    Philip Sleeman
    Philip Sleeman
    • Dunn
    George Clark
    • The Baby
    Lucille Ricksen
    Lucille Ricksen
    • Ginger
    George E. Cryer
    • Self - Mayor of Los Angeles
    R.B. von Kleinsmid
    • Self - President - University of Southern California
    Benjamin Bledsoe
    • Self - US Judge - 12th Federal District
    Louis D. Oaks
    • Self - Chief of Los Angeles Police
    Martha Nelson McCan
    • Self - LA Park Commissioner
    • Directors
      • John Griffith Wray
      • Dorothy Davenport(uncredited)
    • Writers
      • Dorothy Davenport(uncredited)
      • Will Lambert(story "Dope")
      • C. Gardner Sullivan
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    • Trivia
      This movie was produced by actress Dorothy Davenport (AKA "Mrs. Wallace Reid") as a drug prevention film after the death of her husband, silent superstar Wallace Reid, from morphine addiction. No print of the film is known to exist.
    • Connections
      Edited into Histoire(s) du cinéma: Fatale beauté (1994)

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    • Release date
      • June 17, 1923 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Languages
      • None
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Kokain
    • Production companies
      • Los Angeles Bureau of Drug Addiction
      • Thomas H. Ince Corporation
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    Technical specs

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    • Runtime
      1 hour 20 minutes
    • Color
      • Black and White
    • Sound mix
      • Silent
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.33 : 1

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