''Twelve Miles Out'' is a 1927 American 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 Jack Conway and starring John Gilbert and

Joan Crawford Joan Crawford (born Lucille Fay LeSueur; March 23, 190? was an American actress. She started her career as a dancer in traveling theatrical companies before debuting on Broadway theatre, Broadway. Crawford was signed to a motion-picture cont ...

.''Twelve Miles Out'' at SilentEra
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play ''Twelve Miles Out'' by

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Plot

Jerry Fay is a bootlegger who expropriates the home of society girl, Jane, for his illicit activities. While as his captor, Jane slowly begins to fall for Jerry.

Cast

* John Gilbert as Jerry Fay * Ernest Torrence as Red McCue *

as Jane *

Eileen Percy Eileen Percy (21 August 1902 – 29 July 1973) was an Irish-born American actress of the silent era. She appeared in more than 60 films between 1917 and 1933. Biography Born in Belfast in August 1902, Percy lived in Brooklyn, New York, brie ...

as Maizie *

Paulette Duval Paulette Duval (; 1889 – 1951) was a French dancer and actress of the silent film era and early sound motion pictures. She was born in Buenos Aires, Argentina in 1889 and raised in France. She was considered one of the most beautiful wom ...

as Trini *

Dorothy Sebastian Dorothy Sebastian (born Stella Dorothy Sabiston; April 26, 1903The book ''Celebrities in Los Angeles Cemeteries: A Directory'' gives Sebastian's date of birth as April 26, 1907. – April 8, 1957) was an American film and stage actress. Ear ...

as Chiquita * Gwen Lee as Hulda *

Edward Earle Edward Earle (16 July 1882 – 15 December 1972) was a Canadian-American stage, film and television actor. In a career which lasted from the 1910s to 1966, he appeared in almost 400 films between 1914 and 1956. He was born in Toronto and died ...

as John Burton *

Bert Roach Egbert Roach (August 21, 1891 – February 16, 1971) was an American film actor. He appeared in more than 320 films between 1914 and 1951. He was born in Washington, D.C., and died in Los Angeles, California, age 79. Selected filmography * ...

as Luke

References

External links

*
''Twelve Miles Out'' at SilentEra
1927 films 1927 drama films American black-and-white films Silent American drama films American films based on plays American silent feature films Films about the United States Coast Guard Films directed by Jack Conway Films produced by Irving Thalberg Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer films 1920s American films Silent American adventure films {{1920s-silent-drama-film-stub