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4 Devils is a american film of genre Drama directed by Friedrich Wilhelm Murnau released in USA on 3 october 1928 with Janet Gaynor
4 Devils (1928)
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Add to a movie list4 Devils (also known as Four Devils) is a lost 1928 American silent drama film directed by German film director F. W. Murnau and starring Janet Gaynor.
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The plot concerns four orphans (Janet Gaynor, Nancy Drexel, Barry Norton, and Charles Morton) who become a high wire act, and centers around sinister goings-on at a circus.Actors
Janet Gaynor
(Marion)
Charles Morton
(Charles)
Anders Randolf
(Cecchi)
Barry Norton
(Adolf)
J. Farrell MacDonald
(The Clown)
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