''Dicky Monteith'' is a 1922 British silent

drama film In film and television, drama is a category or genre of narrative fiction (or semi-fiction) intended to be more serious than humorous in tone. Drama of this kind is usually qualified with additional terms that specify its particular super-g ...

directed by

Kenelm Foss Kenelm Foss (13 December 1885 – 28 November 1963) was a British actor, theatre director, author, screenwriter and film director. Early life and education He was born in Croydon, Surrey and studied art at the Wellesley School of Art and in Par ...

and starring Stewart Rome,

Joan Morgan Joan Morgan (1 February 1905 – 22 July 2004) was an English film actress, screenwriter and novelist. Born in Forest Hill, London, she was the daughter of film director Sidney Morgan and his wife, Evelyn. Joan Morgan died at age 99 in Henle ...

and Jack Minister.BFI.org
/ref> Its plot involves a lawyer who tries to con a drunken client out of a large sum of money. It is an adaptation of a play by

Tom Gallon Tom Gallon (5 December 1866 – 4 November 1914) was a British playwright and novelist. He was the brother of author and publicist Nellie Tom-Gallon, who founded the Tom-Gallon Trust Award Leon M. Lion Leon Marks Lion (12 March 1879 – 28 March 1947) was an English stage and film actor, playwright, theatrical director and producer. He starred in Joseph Jefferson Farjeon's 1925 hit play '' Number 17'' as well as its subsequent 1932 film adaptat ...

Cast

* Stewart Rome as Dicky Monteith *

as Sally/Dorothy Weston * Jack Minister as Vincent Hepburn * Douglas Munro as– Mayor * Nelson Ramsey as Barty * Jack Frost as Ginger *

Gertrude Sterroll Gertrude Sterroll was a British stage and film actress. Selected filmography * ''Bars of Iron'' (1920) * '' The Shadow Between'' (1920) * ''Dicky Monteith'' (1922) * ''Potter's Clay'' (1922) * '' The Glorious Adventure'' (1922) * ''The Wine of Li ...

as– Miss Tillotson * David Hallett as Gilbert Collingwood * James English as Sydney Carton * Fay Segel as Lucy Manette * A.B. Imeson as Charles Darnay *

Lewis Gilbert Lewis Gilbert (6 March 1920 – 23 February 2018) was an English film director, producer and screenwriter who directed more than 40 films during six decades; among them such varied titles as '' Reach for the Sky'' (1956), ''Sink the Bismarck!' ...

as Defarge *

Irene Tripod Irene Tripod was a British actress of the silent era. Selected filmography * ''The Romance of Lady Hamilton'' (1919) * '' The Mystery Road'' (1921) * '' The House of Peril'' (1922) * ''Dicky Monteith'' (1922) * '' The Beloved Vagabond'' (1923) * ...

as Madame Defarge *

as Charles Dickens

References

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* 1922 films 1922 drama films British films based on plays Films directed by Kenelm Foss British silent feature films British black-and-white films 1920s English-language films 1920s British films Silent British drama films {{1920s-UK-film-stub