''The Failure'' is a 1917 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
Henry Edwards and starring Edwards,
Chrissie White
Chrissie White (23 May 1895 – 18 August 1989) was a British film actress of the silent film, silent era. She appeared in more than 180 films between 1908 and 1933. White married actor and film director Henry Edwards (actor), Henry Edwards ...
and
Lionelle Howard
Lionelle Howard (1886 – 13 September 1930) was a British actor of the silent era who was born as Francis Nathan Coxin in Cirencester, Gloucestershire and died in Uxbridge, Middlesex. He appeared in a number of productions made by Astra Films in ...
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Cast
* Henry Edwards - Dick Carson
* Chrissie White
Chrissie White (23 May 1895 – 18 August 1989) was a British film actress of the silent film, silent era. She appeared in more than 180 films between 1908 and 1933. White married actor and film director Henry Edwards (actor), Henry Edwards ...
- Margaret Gilder
* Lionelle Howard
Lionelle Howard (1886 – 13 September 1930) was a British actor of the silent era who was born as Francis Nathan Coxin in Cirencester, Gloucestershire and died in Uxbridge, Middlesex. He appeared in a number of productions made by Astra Films in ...
- Sidney Carson
* Fred Johnson - Gustave le Sage
* Charles Vane - Police Chief
* W.G. Saunders - Mr. Gilder
References
External links
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1917 films
British silent feature films
1917 crime drama films
1910s English-language films
Films directed by Henry Edwards
British crime drama films
Hepworth Pictures films
British black-and-white films
1910s British films
Silent crime drama films
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