''The Croxley Master'' is a 1921
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silent drama film
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directed by
Percy Nash
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/ref> It was based on a short story by Arthur Conan Doyle. A young Welsh medical student enters the boxing ring to fight for a £200 prize which will enable him to establish his own practice.
Cast
* Dick Webb as Robert Montgomery
* Dora Lennox as Dorothy Oldacre
* Jack Stanley
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as Silas Craggs
* Joan Ritz as Anastasia Craggs
* Cecil Morton York as Doctor Oldacre
* Louis Rihll as Mr.
* Mabel Penn as Mrs. Oldacre
* J.T. MacMillan as Mr. Purvis
* George Turner as Mr. Fawcett
* Ernest Wallace
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as Mr. Wilson
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1921 films
1920s sports drama films
1921 drama films
British boxing films
British silent feature films
British sports drama films
Films directed by Percy Nash
Films based on short fiction
Films set in Wales
British black-and-white films
1920s English-language films
1920s British films
Silent sports drama films
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