''Flying from Justice'' is a 1915 British silent

crime film Crime films, in the broadest sense, is a film genre inspired by and analogous to the crime fiction literary genre. Films of this genre generally involve various aspects of crime and its detection. Stylistically, the genre may overlap and combine ...

directed by

Percy Nash The English surname Percy is of Normans, Norman origin, coming from Normandy to England, United Kingdom. It was from the House of Percy, Norman lords of Northumberland, derives from the village of Percy-en-Auge in Normandy. From there, it came i ...

and starring

Gregory Scott Gregory Scott was a British film actor of the silent era. He was born Gregory Scott Frances on 15 December 1879 in Sandy, Bedfordshire, England. Selected filmography * ''Enoch Arden'' (1914) * '' The Harbour Lights'' (1914) * ''In the Ranks'' ...

Douglas Payne Douglas Payne (1875 in England – 3 August 1965 in London, England) was a British actor of the silent era. Selected filmography * '' Maria Marten'' (1913) * '' The Harbour Lights'' (1914) * ''In the Ranks'' (1914) * ''Enoch Arden'' (1914) * '' ...

and

Joan Ritz Joan Ritz (c. 1882 – 6 November 1956) was a British actress of the silent era. She was born Jessie Rihll in West Ham, London, UK and died in Brighton, Sussex, England, UK. From 1912 to her death she was married to Percy Nash, who directed numer ...

.Palmer p.895

Cast

as Charles Baring *

as Winnie *

as John Gully * Alice Moseley as Mildred Parkes * Fred Morgan as James Woodruffe *

Cecil Morton York Cecil Morton York (29 April 1857 – 23 February 1935) was a British actor of the silent era. Born Cecil Morton Smith in Kensington, West London, UK, he died at age 77 in Denville Hall, Northwood, London. Selected filmography * '' Flying fro ...

as Rev. Lacarsey *

Frank Tennant Frank Tennant (10 August 1876 – 13 January 1971) was a British stage and screen actor Frank Tennant was born Thomas Henry Merriman in Upper Broughton, Nottinghamshire. He died at age 94 in Horsmonden, Kent. Selected filmography * ''The Mur ...

as John Lacarsey *

Jack Denton John Fleming St. Andrew Denton (11 September 1872 – 19 April 1949) was a British actor and film director of the silent era. Denton was born in Ashby-de-la-Zouch, Leicestershire and died at age 76 in Redhill, Surrey. Selected filmography Ac ...

as Pearly Tanner * Maud Williams as Mrs. Baring * Brian Daly as Maj. Parkes

References

Bibliography

* Palmer, Scott. ''British Film Actors' Credits, 1895-1987''. McFarland, 1988.

External links

* 1915 films 1915 crime films British crime films British silent feature films Films directed by Percy Nash British black-and-white films 1910s English-language films 1910s British films {{1910s-UK-film-stub