''A Fortune at Stake'' is a 1918 British silent

drama film In film and television, drama is a category or genre of narrative fiction (or semi-fiction) intended to be more serious than humorous in tone. The drama of this kind is usually qualified with additional terms that specify its particular ...

directed by Walter West and starring

Violet Hopson Violet Hopson (16 December 1887 – 21 July 1973) was an actress and producer who achieved fame on the British stage and in British silent films. She was born Elma Kate Victoria Karkeek in Port Augusta, South Australia on 16 December 1887. Viol ...

Gerald Ames Gerald Ames (12 September 1880 – 2 July 1933) was a British actor, film director and Olympic fencer. Ames was born in Blackheath, London in 1880 and first took up acting in 1905. He was a popular leading man in the post-First World War cinema ...

and Edward O'Neill. It was based on a novel by

Nat Gould Nathaniel Gould (21 December 1857 – 25 July 1919) was a British novelist. He was a best-selling author in his lifetime. Life and writing Gould was born at Manchester, Lancashire on 21 December 1857, the only surviving child of Nathaniel Gou ...

Cast

as Lady Launcelot *

as Will Martindale * Edward O'Neill as Lord Launcelot * James Lindsay *

Wyndham Guise Wyndham Guise (né William Windham Guise Cutler) was a British actor who appeared on stage in Edwardian musical comedies beginning in the 1890s and became a film actor during the silent era. He is sometimes credited as Windham Guise. Selected ...

Gwynne Herbert Gwynne Herbert (11 September 1859 – 17 February 1946) was a British stage and film actress. Partial filmography * ''Liberty Hall'' (1914) * '' The Christian'' (1915) * ''The Firm of Girdlestone'' (1915) * '' The Shulamite'' (1915) * ''Annie La ...

Tom Coventry Tom Coventry (1856 – 1 December 1932) was a British actor. Coventry was born in Matangi near Hamilton, New Zealand and died, aged 76, in Ealing, London. Selected filmography * ''Five Nights'' (1915) * '' The New Clown'' (1916) * '' A Fortu ...

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* 1918 films 1918 drama films British silent feature films Films directed by Walter West Films based on British novels British black-and-white films 1910s English-language films 1910s British films Silent British drama films English-language drama films {{1910s-UK-film-stub