''Down Channel'' is a 1929 British silent

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directed by

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and starring

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and

Roy Travers Roy Travers (born 1883 in London) was a British actor. Travers appeared in a number of films (mostly directed by Kenelm Foss) made by Astra Films. He died in 1941. Selected filmography * ''East Lynne'' (1913) * '' Sixty Years a Queen'' (1913) * ' ...

. It was made at

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.Wood p.65

Cast

as Smiler *

as Nixon * Christopher Anthony as The Boy *

as Smuggler

References

Bibliography

* Low, Rachael. ''Filmmaking in 1930s Britain''. George Allen & Unwin, 1985. * Wood, Linda. ''British Films, 1927-1939''. British Film Institute, 1986.

External links

* 1929 films 1929 adventure films Films set in England Films shot at Cricklewood Studios Seafaring films British black-and-white films 1920s English-language films 1920s British films Silent British adventure films English-language adventure films {{1920s-UK-film-stub