The Wrongdoers

The Wrongdoers
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Directed byHugh Dierker
Written byLewis Allen Browne
Produced byBernarr Macfadden
StarringLionel Barrymore
Anne Cornwall
Henry Hull
CinematographyFred Chaston
John K. Holbrook
Production
company
MacFadden True Story Pictures
Distributed byAstor Pictures
Ideal Films (UK)
Release date
  • September 3, 1925 (1925-09-03)
Running time
50 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageSilent (English intertitles)

The Wrongdoers is a 1925 American silent drama film directed by Hugh Dierker and starring Lionel Barrymore, Anne Cornwall, and Henry Hull.[1]

Plot

As described in a film magazine review,[2] a druggist who is philanthropic but poor, heads a robber gang that steals from the rich to aid the poor. His son, who is in love with the daughter of the woman his father befriended, foils a robbery planned by his father. The father and the man who was to have been robbed are killed. The son and the young woman are married.

Cast

Preservation

A complete print of The Wrongdoers exists at the UCLA Film & Television Archive in Los Angeles.[3]

References

  1. ↑ Munden p. 928
  2. ↑ "New Pictures: The Wrongdoers", Exhibitors Herald, 23 (6), Chicago, Illinois: Exhibitors Herald Company: 58, October 31, 1925, retrieved November 2, 2022 Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
  3. ↑ The Library of Congress American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog: The Wrongdoers

Bibliography

  • Munden, Kenneth White (1997). The American Film Institute Catalog of Motion Pictures Produced in the United States, Part 1. University of California Press. ISBN 978-0-520-20969-5.
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