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directed by

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and starring

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and Claude Fleming.Low p. 460

Cast

as Leonie Paoli *

as Hugh Maltravers * Claude Fleming as Geoffrey Moray *

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as Jack Moray * Thomas Nesbitt as Bruce Leslie * Chigquita de Lorenzo as Una Paioli * Edward Sorley as Raikes * Tom Nesbitt as Bruce Leslie

References

Bibliography

* Low, Rachael. ''The History of British Film (Volume 3): The History of the British Film 1914 - 1918''. Routledge, 2013.

External links

* 1920 films 1920 drama films British silent feature films Films directed by George Ridgwell Butcher's Film Service films 1920s English-language films 1920s British films Silent British drama films English-language drama films {{1920s-UK-film-stub