One of the Best

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One of the Best

1927

1h 40m

9.0(1 votes)

Crime

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'1820. Officer frames colleague when gambler forces him to steal secrets.' (British Film Catalogue)

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13 members

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Carlyle Blackwell

Philip Ellsworth

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Walter Butler

Lieutenant Dudley Keppel

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Eve Gray

Mary Penrose

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Randle Ayrton

General Gregg

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James Carew

Colonel Gentry

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Julie Suedo

Claire Melville

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James Lindsay

Maurice de Gruchy

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Pauline Johnson

Esther

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Elsa Lanchester

Kitty

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Charles Emerald

Private Jupp

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Cecil Barry

Lieutenant Wynne

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Simeon Stuart

Squire Penrose

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Harold Huth

Adjutant

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