American Tragedy

Oct 26, 1981

★ 3.5

Overview

Clyde Griffiths dreams of climbing the corporate ladder and making his way into the highest circles of society. In order to fulfill his most cherished dream, Clyde is ready for absolutely anything, he will not even stop before committing a terrible and ridiculous crime...

Genres

Crime

Drama

Romance

TV Movie

Production Companies

Lithuanian Film Studio

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Cast

Clyde Griffiths

Gediminas Storpirštis

Orville Mason

Regimantas Adomaitis

Fred Heit

Algirdas Semeskavicius

Samuel Griffiths

Rimantas Siparis

Elizabeth Griffiths

Rūta Staliliūnaitė

Gilbert Griffiths

Arūnas Storpirštis

Mrs. Asa Griffiths

Eugenija Pleskyte

Sondra Finchley

Anna Aleksakhina

Roberta Alden

Aida Zara

Asa Griffiths

Henrikas Kurauskas

Vladas Radvilavicius

factory worker

Tamara Arsenyeva

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