Wheel of Chance (1928)

June. 17,1928

5.5

| War

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.

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Cast

Richard Barthelmess as Nicolai Turkeltaub

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Bodil Rosing as Sara Turkeltaub

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Warner Oland as Mosher Turkeltaub

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Reviews

Listonixio

1928/06/17

Fresh and Exciting

ChanFamous

1928/06/18

I wanted to like it more than I actually did... But much of the humor totally escaped me and I walked out only mildly impressed.

Nayan Gough

1928/06/19

A great movie, one of the best of this year. There was a bit of confusion at one point in the plot, but nothing serious.

Fatma Suarez

1928/06/20

The movie's neither hopeful in contrived ways, nor hopeless in different contrived ways. Somehow it manages to be wonderful