Captain Swift
1920 silent film
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Captain Swift is a 1920 American silent drama film directed by Tom Terriss and Chester Bennett and starring Earle Williams, Florence Dixon and Edward Martindel. It is based on the 1888 play of the same title by C. Haddon Chambers.[1]
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Directed byTom Terriss
Chester Bennett
Chester Bennett
Written byLucien Hubbard
Based onCaptain Swift by C. Haddon Chambers
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| Directed by | Tom Terriss Chester Bennett |
| Written by | Lucien Hubbard |
| Based on | Captain Swift by C. Haddon Chambers |
| Starring | Earle Williams Florence Dixon Edward Martindel |
| Cinematography | Charles J. Davis Jack MacKenzie |
Production company | |
| Distributed by | Vitagraph Company of America |
Release date |
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Running time | 50 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Languages | Silent English intertitles |
Plot
A notorious Australian outlaw manages to escape with the law close on his heels and heads to England where he lives under an assumed name, and becomes a fixture in London's high society.
Cast
- Earle Williams as Captain Swift
- Florence Dixon as Stella Darbisher
- Edward Martindel as Gardiner
- Adelaide Prince as Lady Seabrook
- Downing Clarke as Sir Hugh Seabrook
- Barry Baxter as Harry Seabrook
- Alice Calhoun as Mabel Seabrook
- James O'Neill as Marshall
- H.H. Pattee as Ryan
