''Billy and the Big Stick'' is a 1917 American silent

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directed by

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and starring

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, Yona Landowska and William Wadsworth.Connelly p.322

Cast

as Billy Barlow * Yona Landowska as Claire Ducrot * William Wadsworth as President Hamilcar Poussevain *

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as Widow Ducrot *

Bradley Barker Bradley Barker (January 18, 1883 – September 29, 1951) was an American actor and film director of the silent era. He also created sound effects for film and radio. Born in Long Island, New York, Barker was a vaudeville performer and an a ...

as Harry St. Clair * Joseph Burke as Monsieur Paillard

References

Bibliography

* Robert B. Connelly. ''The Silents: Silent Feature Films, 1910-36, Volume 40, Issue 2''. December Press, 1998.

External links

* 1917 films 1917 drama films 1910s English-language films American silent feature films American black-and-white films Films directed by Edward H. Griffith Edison Studios films 1910s American films Silent American drama films {{1910s-US-film-stub