The sudden fortune won from a lottery fans such destructive greed that it ruins the lives of the three people involved.The sudden fortune won from a lottery fans such destructive greed that it ruins the lives of the three people involved.The sudden fortune won from a lottery fans such destructive greed that it ruins the lives of the three people involved.
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Sylvia Ashton
- 'Mommer' Sieppe
- (as Silvia Ashton)
William Barlow
- The Minister
- (uncredited)
Lita Chevrier
- Extra
- (uncredited)
Jack Curtis
- McTeague Sr.
- (uncredited)
Gwendolynne D'Amour
- Undetermined Secondary Role
- (uncredited)
James F. Fulton
- Cribbens - Prospector
- (uncredited)
Edward Gaffney
- Extra
- (uncredited)
Florence Gibson
- Hag
- (uncredited)
James Gibson
- Deputy
- (uncredited)
Oscar Gottell
- Sieppe Twin
- (uncredited)
Otto Gottell
- Sieppe Twin
- (uncredited)
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaWhile filming the final confrontation in the desert, Erich von Stroheim allegedly shouted several times at actors Gibson Gowland and Jean Hersholt "Hate each other! Hate each other as much as you hate me!"
- GoofsAfter Marcus breaks McTeague's pipe and throws a knife at him, men pull McTeague's tie off as they hold him back. The tie is back in place a moment later as McTeague rushes out of the saloon.
- Quotes
Title card: GOLD - GOLD - GOLD - GOLD. Bright and Yellow, Hard and Cold, Molten, Graven, Hammered, Rolled, Hard to Get and Light to Hold; Stolen, Borrowed, Squandered - Doled.
- Alternate versionsVersion 5, 16 reels (4,800 meters), edited by June Mathis - According to Jean Mitry who saw it in Paris ("Le romantisme de Stroheim", article in L'Avant-Scène du Cinéma, no. 83-84, July 1968), this version had exactly 4 hours running time. It cut off all derivative stories about supporting characters, concentrating the story on the character McTeague, and adding a number of inter-titles to explain what happened in the deleted scenes. This version was shown in the theatre Studio des Ursulines, Paris, and then the French distributor cut it to a 2 hour film. Cinémathèque Française has a copy of the Mathis' cut - but versions 1 to 4 of the film are considered lost films (1999).
- ConnectionsEdited into Histoire(s) du cinéma: Une histoire seule (1989)
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I saw the Turner Classic Movies version of this with the still pictures implanted in missing scenes. Although a certain flow is lost, it comes across as a great film. What a shame that so much was destroyed. It tells the story of two pretty good people who should never have got together. Zasu Pitts who looks pretty glamorous at first, is obsessed with money. This obsession ends up destroying her life and McTeagues. There are scenes that are just uncomfortable and others that are horrible. The jockeying for position in the family with the husband willing to bend only so far leads to tragic consequences. Avarice will eventually take one down and Von Stroheim showed this to us. The scene with the two men fighting it out in the desert at the end is one of the most painful ever. Neither can ever hope to survive, yet their fixation on gold goes beyond their love of life. It is so pathetic. Even with all that missing footage, everyone should see this for the masterful presentation of the sick and dying characters. Deep down inside, I've always hoped that someone will open a vault or a supply cabinet, and there will be the rest of Von Stroheim's masterpiece. We can only hope, can't we.
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- Also known as
- Greedy Wives
- Filming locations
- 611 Laguna Street, San Francisco, California, USA(McTeague's Dental Office)
- Production company
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- Budget
- $546,883 (estimated)
- Runtime2 hours 20 minutes
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- Aspect ratio
- 1.33 : 1
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