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The Valiant is a 1929 American pre-Code drama film released by Fox Film Corporation in the Fox Movietone sound-on-film system on May 19, 1929. It is produced and directed by William K. Howard (his first sound film) and stars Paul Muni (in his film debut), Marguerite Churchill (in her feature film debut), and John Mack Brown .
The Valiant: Directed by William K. Howard. With Paul Muni, Marguerite Churchill, Johnny Mack Brown, DeWitt Jennings. After killing an unknown man for an unknown reason, a mysterious drifter turns himself to the law under a false name, intending to protect his own family's honor.
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- Drama
- William K. Howard
- 1929-05-19
Oct 21, 2018 · After killing an unknown man for an unknown reason, a mysterious drifter turns himself to the law, under a false name intending to protect his own family’s honor. But when the news of his conviction breaks, the drifter’s sister and mother seeks the possibility that the man is her long lost brother.
An adaptation of a play by Holworthy Hall and Robert Middlemass, The Valiant stars Muni as a murderer who confesses his crime to the police, willingly accepts his death sentence and even pens a series of newspaper articles while on death row - "The Folly of Youth Crime" - to save others from his fate. Yet he never reveals his true identity to ...
- William K. Howard, Gordon Cooper
- Paul Muni
Feb 10, 2024 · Made during the turbulent transition period between silent cinema and sound film, The Valiant (1929) is most famous today as the film debut of stage actor Paul Muni, who performed in New York's Yiddish theater under the name Muni Weisenfreund and became a star on the Broadway stage, where his talent for elaborate make-up and versatility with ...
The Valiant is a drama-mystery, though not a whodunit, but a whydiddydoit, or even more: a whoissyanyway. One man shoots another, pleads guilty to the crime, and is sentenced to death for it. He won't reveal his identity, though, and there is no way of finding out who he is.
The Valiant is a 1929 American pre-Code drama film released by Fox Film Corporation in the Fox Movietone sound-on-film system on May 19, 1929. It is produced and directed by William K. Howard and stars Paul Muni, Marguerite Churchill, and John Mack Brown.
