''Legally Dead'' is a 1923 American

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 William Parke and written by

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. The film stars Milton Sills, Margaret Campbell, Claire Adams,

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, Faye O'Neill, and Charles A. Stevenson. The film was released on July 30, 1923, by

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Plot

A reporter, Will Campbell, gets himself arrested to get material for a story. He later gets a job as a bank teller but is hounded by a detective who knows Campbell is an ex-con. The detective is found murdered and Campbell is sentenced to death for the crime. He is hanged just before he is found innocent but a doctor revives him by giving him a shot of adrenaline.

Cast

Preservation

With no prints of ''Legally Dead'' located in any film archives,Library of Congress American Silent Feature Film Survival Database: ''Legally Dead''
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*{{IMDb title, 0014194, Legally Dead 1923 films 1920s English-language films Silent American drama films 1923 drama films Universal Pictures films American silent feature films American black-and-white films 1920s American films