A 1924 silent film directed by Erich von Stroheim, based on the novel McTeague. Particularly noteworthy as one of the earliest examples of various "troubled production" tropes, the film's original cut came in at a stunning nine and a half hours. MGM eventually took the film out of von Stroheim's hands and released it with a running time of about two and a half hours. The shortened film was a flop, panned by critics and disowned by its director.