''Saved from the Sea'' is a 1920 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

W. P. Kellino William Philip Gislingham (c. 1874 in London, England – 31 December 1957, in London, Middlesex, England) was a British music hall musician and acrobat (part of the Famous Kellinos) and, using the name W. P. Kellino, film director. He founded ...

and starring

Nora Swinburne Leonora Mary Johnson (24 July 1902 – 1 May 2000), known professionally as Nora Swinburne, was an English people, English actress who appeared in many Cinema of the United Kingdom, British films. Early years Swinburne was born in Bath, Somer ...

, Philip Anthony and

Wallace Bosco Wallace Charles Bosco (31 January 1880 in St Pancras, London – 1973 in Richmond upon Thames, Surrey) was an English film actor and screenwriter A screenplay writer (also called screenwriter, scriptwriter, scribe or scenarist) is a writer ...

. It was based on a play by

Ben Landeck Ben Landeck (1864–1928) was a prolific British playwright, who wrote melodramas often in collaboration with Arthur Shirley. Several of his plays were made into early films. Early life Landeck was born in London London is the capital ...

and Arthur Shirley. It was made by Kellino for

Gaumont British The Gaumont-British Picture Corporation produced and distributed films and operated a cinema chain in the United Kingdom. It was established as an offshoot of the Gaumont Film Company of France. Film production Gaumont-British was founded in 18 ...

under the 'Westminster Films' brand.

Premise

In Cornwall a cardsharper and his heir frame a fisherman for the death of their jealous partner."Saved from the Sea" in Denis Gifford, ''British Film Catalogue: volume 1: The Fiction Film''

Cast

as Nancy Brooks * Philip Anthony as Dan Ellington *

as Peter Scalcher * Terence Cavanagh as Dick Fenton * Mary Saville as Mrs. Ellington * Cecil Calvert

References

Bibliography

* Low, Rachael. ''History of the British Film, 1918–1929''. George Allen & Unwin, 1971. 1920 films 1920 crime films British crime films British silent feature films British films based on plays Films directed by W. P. Kellino Films shot at Lime Grove Studios British black-and-white films 1920s English-language films 1920s British films Silent crime films English-language crime films {{1920s-UK-film-stub