Foul Play (1920 film)
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Foul Play is a 1920 British
silent
crime film
directed by Edwin J. Collins
and starring Renee Kelly
, Henry Hallett
and Randolph McLeod. It is adapted from the 1869 novel Foul Play
by Charles Reade
. In Victorian England, a clergyman is wrongly transported to Australia for a crime he did not commit.
Cinema of the United Kingdom
The United Kingdom has had a major influence on modern cinema. The first moving pictures developed on celluloid film were made in Hyde Park, London in 1889 by William Friese Greene, a British inventor, who patented the process in 1890. It is generally regarded that the British film industry...
silent
Silent film
A silent film is a film with no synchronized recorded sound, especially with no spoken dialogue. In silent films for entertainment the dialogue is transmitted through muted gestures, pantomime and title cards...
crime film
Crime film
Crime films are films which focus on the lives of criminals. The stylistic approach to a crime film varies from realistic portrayals of real-life criminal figures, to the far-fetched evil doings of imaginary arch-villains. Criminal acts are almost always glorified in these movies.- Plays and films...
directed by Edwin J. Collins
Edwin J. Collins
-Selected filmography:* Tom Jones * Miss Charity * Esmeralda * The Green Caravan * The Taming of the Shrew * A Gamble with Hearts -External links:...
and starring Renee Kelly
Renee Kelly
-Selected filmography:* Westward Ho! * Foul Play * All Sorts and Conditions of Men * The Likeness of the Night * Scarlet Thread...
, Henry Hallett
Henry Hallett
-Selected filmography:* Foul Play * The Ringer * The Hound of the Baskervilles * Victoria the Great * Sixty Glorious Years * Let's Be Famous * Salute John Citizen...
and Randolph McLeod. It is adapted from the 1869 novel Foul Play
Foul Play (novel)
Foul Play is an 1869 melodramatic novel by the British writer Charles Reade. In Victorian Britain a clergyman is wrongly convicted of a crime and transported as a convict to Australia.-Adaptation:...
by Charles Reade
Charles Reade
Charles Reade was an English novelist and dramatist, best known for The Cloister and the Hearth.-Life:Charles Reade was born at Ipsden, Oxfordshire to John Reade and Anne Marie Scott-Waring; William Winwood Reade the influential historian , was his nephew. He studied at Magdalen College, Oxford,...
. In Victorian England, a clergyman is wrongly transported to Australia for a crime he did not commit.
Cast
- Renee KellyRenee Kelly-Selected filmography:* Westward Ho! * Foul Play * All Sorts and Conditions of Men * The Likeness of the Night * Scarlet Thread...
... Helen Rollaston - Henry HallettHenry Hallett-Selected filmography:* Foul Play * The Ringer * The Hound of the Baskervilles * Victoria the Great * Sixty Glorious Years * Let's Be Famous * Salute John Citizen...
... Penfold - Randolph McLeod ... Wardlow
- Cecil Morton YorkCecil Morton York-Selected filmography:* Beau Brocade * The Autumn of Pride * Trapped by the Mormons * A Sister to Assist 'Er * A Gamble with Hearts * Lights of London * The Uninvited Guest...
... Mr. Wardlow - C. Hargrave Mansell ... Reverend Penfold
- Charles VaneCharles VaneCharles Vane was an English pirate who preyed upon English and French shipping. His pirate career lasted from 1716 - 1719. His flagship was a brigantine named the Ranger....
... General Rollaston - N. Watt-Phillips ... Joseph Wylie