''A Man's Shadow'' is a 1920 British silent

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directed by

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and starring Langhorn Burton,

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and Gladys Mason. In the film, a man murders a

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, but his doppelganger is accused of the crime.

Cast

* Langhorn Burton as Peter Beresford / Julian Grey *

as Vivian Beresford * Gladys Mason as Yolande Hampton * Arthur Lennard as Robert Hampden *

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as Williams *

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as Billings * Babs Ronald as Helen Beresford * Warris Linden as Simon Oppenheim

References

Bibliography

* Low, Rachael. ''The History of the British Film 1918-1929''. George Allen & Unwin, 1971.

External links

* 1920 films British crime films British silent feature films Films directed by Sidney Morgan 1920 crime films Films set in London British black-and-white films 1920s English-language films 1920s British films {{1920s-UK-film-stub