UK, 1920
35mm film, black and white, 1.33:1
silent
A British horror film directed by Wilfred Noy.
Plot Summary
The late Detective Bentick’s body is “electrically revived” to help expose the wicked Lucien Degradoff as a bank robber.
Credits
Crew
Director: Wilfred Noy
British Actors’ Film Company
Producer: Gerald Malvern
Script: Adrian Brunel
Play: F. Brooke Warren
Cast
C. Aubrey Smith (Bentinck)
Gladys Jennings (Marie de Brisson)
Jack Hobbs (Lucien Cartwright)
Charles Quatermaine (Lucien deGradoff)
Ben Field (Peter Pottlebury)
Simeon Stuart (Henri de Brisson)
Kathleen Vaughan (Babbette)
Kinsey Peile (Dr Le Blanc)
Adrian Brunel
Dorothy Mackaill
References
Periodicals
- The Bioscope vol.43 no.708 (6 May 1920) p.60 – review
- Kine Weekly no.680 (6 May 1920) p.100 – review
Books
- British Gothic Cinema by Barry Forshaw p.28
- English Gothic: A Century of Horror Cinema by Jonathan Rigby p.16
- Reference Guide to Fantastic Films by Walt Lee p.130 – credits
