The Way of All Men

The Way of All Men is a 1930 American PreCode drama film produced and released by First National Pictures, a subsidiary of Warner Bros., and directed by Frank Lloyd. The movie stars Douglas Fairbanks Jr., Dorothy Revier and Noah Beery. The film was based on the story entitled The Sin Flood, by Henning Berger.

One a hot summers day, Billy goes to a luxurious underground bar, run by Stratton Beery. A tornado descends on the town, the river rises, and suddenly they find themselves trapped in the bar by a break in the levee which pours the flood waters through the streets of the town, which is situated below sea level.A number of people flee into the bar just before the steel flood doors are closed and locked tight, making the place airtight and safe from water. The film now focuses on the people trapped in the bar and how they act when they are facing circumstances where they are all facing death in a matter of hours. The majority of the trapped people completely change their normal way of acting and attempt to make amends for the things they regret having done. Billy asks Poppy for her forgiveness and professes his love for her. The two brokers, who have been lifelong enemies, shake hands. An exminister converts a crooked politician who had destroyed his home. Strattons bartender confesses to him that he has been stealing money from the cash register. Stratton confesses that perhaps he hasnt been paying his bartender as much as he should have. ........

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