The Grip of Iron
1920 film
- January 1920 (1920-01)
English intertitles
The Grip of Iron is a 1920 British silent crime film directed by Bert Haldane and starring George Foley, Malvina Longfellow and James Lindsay.[1] It was based on a play of the same title by Arthur Shirley, which was in turn based on a novel by Adolphe Belot. A Parisian lawyer's clerk robs and strangles a series of victims in order to fund his daughter's extravagant lifestyle.
Cast
- George Foley as Jagon / Simonnet
- Malvina Longfellow as Cora Jager
- James Lindsay as Lorenz de Rifas
- Laurence Tessier as Paul Blanchard
- Ronald Power as Captain Guerin
- Ivy King as Marie Guerin
- Warwick Buckland as Rolf De Belfort
- John Power as Coucou
- Moore Marriott as Smiler
References
- ^ Low p.377
Bibliography
- Low, Rachael. History of the British Film, 1918-1929. George Allen & Unwin, 1971.
External links
- The Grip of Iron at IMDb
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Films directed by Bert Haldane
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- Sixty Years a Queen (1913)
- The Lure of London (1914)
- Lights of London (1914)
- By the Shortest of Heads (1915)
- Tommy Atkins (1915)
- Jane Shore (1915)
- The Rogues of London (1915)
- Brigadier Gerard (1915)
- Jack Tar (1915)
- Five Nights (1915)
- Do Unto Others (1915)
- Truth and Justice (1916)
- The Ticket-of-Leave Man (1918)
- The Romance of Lady Hamilton (1919)
- Mary Latimer, Nun (1920)
- The Woman and Officer 26 (1920)
- The Grip of Iron (1920)
- The Winding Road (1920)
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