Wheel of Chance

Overview

A Russian family, the Turkeltaubs, emigrates to the US before the Communist revolution that overthrew the Czar. One of their twin sons, Schulke, disappears and is believed dead before they leave. After they settle into their new country, the family does well: the surviving twin, Nicholai, becomes a crusading District Attorney. One of the cases he is assigned to prosecute is that of small-time gangster Jacob Talinef, who has killed a former girlfriend of Nicholai's. Further investigation of the case, though, reveals a shocking secret.

Directed by Alfred Santell

Top cast

Richard Barthelmess

Nicolai Turkeltaub

Bodil Rosing

Sara Turkeltaub

Warner Oland

Mosher Turkeltaub

Anne Schaefer

Hanscha Talinef

Lina Basquette

Ada Berkowitz

Margaret Livingston

Josie Drew

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