| Release Date: | Feb 1927 |
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| Genre: | Romance |
| Runtime: | 111 min |
| Cast: | John Barrymore (Chevalier Fabien des Grieux) Dolores Costello (Manon Lescaut) Warner Oland (André Lescaut) Sam De Grasse (Comte Guillot de Morfontaine) Holmes Herbert (Jean Tiberge) Stuart Holmes (Louis XV - King of France) Bertram Grassby (Le Duc de Richelieu) Tom Santschi (Captain of Convict Boat) Alice Belcher (Minor Role (uncredited)) Eugenie Besserer (The Landlady (uncredited)) Charles Clary (A Lay Brother (uncredited)) Marcelle Corday (Marie (uncredited)) Rose Dione (Nana (uncredited)) Louise Emmons (Smiling Hag (uncredited)) Herman S. Heller (Himself - Orchestra Conductor...) Noble Johnson (An Apache (uncredited)) George Kotsonaros (Convict Prisoner (uncredited)) Myrna Loy (Convict Behind Manon (uncredited)) Templar Saxe (Baron Chevral (uncredited)) Dick Sutherland (Tavern Waiter (uncredited)) The Vitaphone Symphony Orchestra (Themselves (uncredited)) Tom Wilson (A Convict Aboard the Boat (uncredited)) |
Fabien des Grieux, a divinity student, comes to the rescue of a beautiful girl, Manon Lescaut, when her brother tries to "sell" her to the lecherous Comte Guillot de Morfontaine. Fabien and Manon fall in love and he abandons his priestly ambitions. But de Morfontaine has no intention of giving up his desire to possess Manon. She again falls into his clutches. Fabien, borrowing on his father's wealth, transforms himself into a gentleman gambler and moves into court society. But there he discovers that Manon is endangered not only by the cruel de Morfontaine, but by the King of France himself.
