UNITED STATES · 1912

One is Business, the Other Crime

D.W. Griffith
Classical Hollywood class conflict poverty and desperation crime and consequences parallel narratives moral irony
Synopsis

Griffith intercuts between the lives of two couples married on the same day. One couple is rich, the other poor. Time passes, and in desperation over joblessness, the poor husband attempts to burgle a home, only to be captured at gunpoint by the mistress of the house. It is the home of the rich couple. While holding the poor intruder at gunpoint, the rich wife accidentally discovers evidence impli

Year1912
CountryUnited States
DirectorD.W. Griffith
One is Business, the Other Crime poster

More from D.W. Griffith

United States
One Million B.C . (uncredited
One Million B.C . (uncredited
1940 · United States
The Struggle
The Struggle
1931 · United States
Abraham Lincoln
Abraham Lincoln
1930 · United States

Films with Similar Themes

class conflict · poverty and desperation · crime and consequences · parallel narratives · moral irony
Umbrellas of Cherbourg
Umbrellas of Cherbourg
1964 · Jacques Demy
L'Atalante
L'Atalante
1934 · Jean Vigo
The Time of the Wolf
The Time of the Wolf
2003 · Michael Haneke
Titanic
Titanic
1997 · James Cameron
The Reckless Moment
The Reckless Moment
1949 · Max Ophuls & Max Ophüls
Schlussakkord
Schlussakkord
1936 · Douglas Sirk

More from United States

Cinema of United States
A Perfect Crime
A Perfect Crime
1921 · Howard Hawks
Little Man, What Now?
Little Man, What Now?
1934 · Frank Borzage