The Lion and the Lamb (film)
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Directed by | George B. Seitz |
Written by | Matt Taylor |
Based on | The Lion and the Lamb by E. Phillips Oppenheim |
Produced by | Harry Cohn |
Starring | Walter Byron Carmel Myers Raymond Hatton Montagu Love |
Cinematography | Henry Sharp |
Edited by | Gene Milford |
Music by | Sam Perry |
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Distributed by | Columbia Pictures |
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Running time | 75 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
The Lion and the Lamb is a 1931 American Pre-Code comedy thriller film directed by George B. Seitz and starring Walter Byron, Carmel Myers and Raymond Hatton.[1] It is an adaptation of the 1930 novel of the same title by E. Phillips Oppenheim.[2]
Plot
[edit]In London a young man who has recently inherited a title as an Earl encounters a notorious gang known as the Lambs and is blackmailed into joining them due to his fingerprints on a knife used to kill an alleged traitor to the gang.
Cast
[edit]- Walter Byron as Dave
- Carmel Myers as Inez
- Raymond Hatton as Muggsy
- Montagu Love as Professor Tottie
- Miriam Seegar as Madge
- Charles K. Gerrard as Bert
- Will Stanton as Ruebin
- Charles Wildish as First Lascar
- Harry Semels as Second Lascar
- Robert Milasch as Lem
- Yorke Sherwood as Wister
- Sidney Bracey as Stanton
References
[edit]- ^ Hal Erickson (2012). "The Lion and the Lamb review". Movies & TV Dept. The New York Times. Archived from the original on November 4, 2012. Retrieved June 22, 2011.
- ^ Goble p.839
Bibliography
[edit]- Goble, Alan. The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film. Walter de Gruyter, 1999.
External links
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