''A Sporting Double'' is a 1922 British silent

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directed by

Arthur Rooke Arthur Rooke was a British actor and film director of the silent era. Rooke had worked in the theatre for many years before he went into films. He initially co-directed several films with A.E. Coleby, but later began directing films by himself. ...

and starring John Stuart, Lilian Douglas and Douglas Munro.Low p.456 The film is set in the

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world. It was re-released in 1926 by

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Cast

* John Stuart as Will Blunt * Lilian Douglas as Ethel Grimshaw * Douglas Munro as John Brent *

Humberston Wright Humbertson Wright (1876 in London, England, UK – 1953), sometimes credited as Humberstone Wright or Humberston H. Wright, was a British film actor. Filmography * '' Trapped by the London Sharks'' (1916) * '' Thelma'' (1918) * '' The Secre ...

as Henry Maxwell * Terence Cavanagh as Philip Harvey *

Tom Coventry Tom or TOM may refer to: * Tom (given name), a diminutive of Thomas or Tomás or an independent Aramaic given name (and a list of people with the name) Characters * Tom Anderson, a character in ''Beavis and Butt-Head'' * Tom Beck, a character ...

as Bargee * Frank Gray as Henry Grimshaw * Myrtle Vibart as Aurora

References

Bibliography

* Low, Rachael. ''History of the British Film, 1918-1929''. George Allen & Unwin, 1971.

External links

* 1922 films 1922 drama films British drama films British silent feature films Films directed by Arthur Rooke British horse racing films British black-and-white films 1920s English-language films 1920s British films Silent drama films {{1920s-UK-film-stub