Shadows of a Great City is a 1913 British silent crime film directed by Frank Wilson and starring Alec Worcester, Chrissie White and Harry Royston. It is an adaptation of the 1884 play The Shadows of a Great City by Herbert Blaché and Aaron Hoffman. An American film adaptation was made two years later.[1]
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Directed by | Frank Wilson |
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Distributed by | Hepworth Pictures |
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Running time | 3,700 feet |
Country | United Kingdom |
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Cast
edit- Alec Worcester as Tom Cooper
- Chrissie White as Nellie Standish
- Harry Royston as Jim Malone
- William Felton as Abe Nathan
- Harry Gilbey as George Benton
- John MacAndrews as Insp. Arkwright
- Ruby Belasco as Biddy Malone
References
edit- ^ Goble p.424
Bibliography
edit- Goble, Alan. The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film. Walter de Gruyter, 1999.
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