The Flood (1931)
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The story centers on a sordid love triangle involving a woman and two men. Their personal tensions and romantic complications reach a breaking point just as the local infrastructure fails. The climax of the film occurs when a massive dam bursts, unleashing a catastrophic flood. This disaster serves as the ultimate resolution for the characters' interpersonal struggles, forcing a conclusion to their conflicting relationships through the life-and-death stakes of the inundation.
- Date of release
- 1931-02-28
- TMDB
- 10.0 / 10 (1)
- Runtime
- 1h 5m
- Genres
- Drama, Romance, Thriller
- Director
- James Tinling
Casting
- Eleanor Boardman — Joan Marshall
- Monte Blue — David Bruce
- Frank Sheridan — David Bruce Sr.
- David Newell — Randolph Bannister
- William V. Mong — Colonel Marshall
- Eddie Tamblyn — Willy
- Arthur Hoyt — Uncle George
- Ethel Wales — Aunt Constance
- Violet Barlowe — Emily
- Bud Rae — Jeff
- Ethan Allen — Oil Skins
Interesting facts
The Flood is a 1931 pre-Code American melodrama film directed by James Tinling from a story by John Thomas Neville. Sam Nelson was assistant director. Produced and distributed by Columbia Pictures, the film was released in the US on 28 February 1931.
Production
Production for The Flood lasted from 10 December 1930 to 14 January 1931. The film's copyright was registered on 25 February 1931.
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