''The Broken Road'' is a 1921

British British may refer to: Peoples, culture, and language * British people, nationals or natives of the United Kingdom, British Overseas Territories and Crown Dependencies. * British national identity, the characteristics of British people and culture ...

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

René Plaissetty René Plaissetty (1889–1955) was an American film director. Son of Achille Plaissetty, chemist and businessman and Corinne Bonnecaze, professor of singing, René Plaissetty was born on March 7, 1889, in Chicago. In 1907 he came to live in F ...

and starring

Harry Ham Harry Ham (25 May 1886 – 27 July 1943) was a Canadian actor from Napanee, Ontario. He died in 1943 in Beverly Hills, California. Selected filmography Actor * '' Betty in Search of a Thrill'' (1915) * ''Nearly a Lady ''Nearly a Lady'' ...

, Mary Massart, and Tony Fraser.BFI.org
/ref> Three generations of a British family work to build a road in India. It was based on the 1907 novel '' The Broken Road'' by

A.E.W. Mason Alfred Edward Woodley Mason (7 May 1865 – 22 November 1948) was an English author and Liberal Party Member of Parliament. He is best remembered for his 1902 novel of courage and cowardice in wartime, '' The Four Feathers'', and is also known ...

Cast

as Dick Linforth * Mary Massart as Violet Oliver * Tony Fraser as Shere Ali * June Putnam as Phyllis Carson * Robert English as Luffe * Cyril Percival as Sir John * William Crundall as Major Dawes * Hugh Westlake as Doctor Bodley * Charles Wemyss as Captain Phillips

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* 1921 films Films directed by René Plaissetty British silent feature films British black-and-white films 1921 drama films 1920s English-language films 1920s British films Silent British drama films English-language drama films Films based on works by A. E. W. Mason {{silent-drama-film-stub