Overview
On a whim, a greedy tycoon decides to corner the world market in wheat. This doubles the price of bread, forcing grain producers into charity lines and others further into poverty. The film contrasts the differences between the lives of those who work to grow the wheat and the life of the man who dabbles in its sale for profit.
Fun facts
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Cinematography
Cinematography by Billy Bitzer
Details
- Director
- Writers
- Frank NorrisNovel
- D.W. GriffithWriter
- Frank E. WoodsWriter
- Status
- Released
- Release date
- December 13, 1909
- Original language
- English
- Countries
- United States of America
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In the United States
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Cast
Frank PowellThe Wheat King
Grace HendersonThe Wheat King's Wife
James KirkwoodFarmer
Linda ArvidsonFarmer's Wife
W. Chrystie MillerFarmer's Father
Gladys EganFarmer's Little Daughter
Henry B. WalthallWheat King's Assistant
Kate Bruce- William J. Butler
- Charles Craig
- Frank Evans
- Edith Haldeman
Robert Harron- Ruth Hart
Arthur V. Johnson
Henry Lehrman
Jeanie Macpherson
Owen Moore
George Nichols- Anthony O'Sullivan
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