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The Recoil

The Recoil

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The Recoil

1917

0h 50m

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Drama

Overview

When Richard Cameron, a secret service agent tracking down international spies, is kidnapped by the enemy, Mirian Somerset, to whom Richard has been surreptitiously married, believes that he is dead.

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William Courtenay

William Courtenay

Richard Cameron

Lilian Greuze

Lilian Greuze

Marian Somerset

Frank Belcher

Frank Belcher

Charles Van Horn

Dora Mills Adams

Dora Mills Adams

Mrs. Somerset

William Raymond

Page Somerset

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Directed by: George Fitzmaurice
Written by: Anthony Paul Kelly

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