The read
Critics rate it 24 points higher than audiences do. Scores higher than 80% of the 140 1920s drama movies in this catalog.
Synopsis
When a proud noble refuses to kiss the hand of the despotic King James in 1690, he is cruelly executed and his son surgically disfigured.
Ratings
IMDb7.6/10
Rotten Tomatoes100%
Critics rate it 24 points higher than audiences do.
228 audience votes
Key crew
- Paul LeniDirector
- Walter AnthonyWriter
- May McLeanWriter
- Marion WardWriter
- Charles E. WhittakerWriter
Cast
- Conrad VeidtGwynplaine / Lord Clancharlie
- Mary PhilbinDea
- Cesare GravinaUrsus
- Brandon HurstBarkilphedro
- Olga BaclanovaDuchess Josiana
- Sam De GrasseKing James II
- Stuart HolmesLord Dirry-Moir
- Josephine CrowellQueen Anne
- Julius MolnarYoung Gwynplaine
- Károly HuszárInnkeeper
- Deno FritzSword Swallower
- Delmo FritzSword Swallower
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