''The Hanging Judge'' is a 1918 British silent

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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 era. She appeared in more than 180 films between 1908 and 1933. White married actor and film director Henry Edwards in 1922, and in the 1920s the two ...

and Hamilton Stewart.BFI.org
/ref> Its plot concerns the son of a notorious judge, who is put on trial for murder. It was based on 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 ...

Plot

A judge's disowned son becomes a reporter and marries a condemned man's daughter.

Cast

* Henry Edwards - Dick Veasey *

- Molly * Hamilton Stewart - Sir John Veasey *

Randle Ayrton Frederick Randle Ayrton (9 August 1869 – 28 May 1940) was a British actor of stage and screen, and was also a producer and director. Early life Ayrton was born in Chester to William Frances Ayrton, a wealthy wine-merchant who was a p ...

- Reginald Tamlyn *

Gwynne Herbert Gwynne Herbert (11 September 1859 – 17 February 1946) was a British stage and film actress. Partial filmography * ''Liberty Hall'' (1914) * '' The Christian'' (1915) * ''The Firm of Girdlestone'' (1915) * '' The Folly of Desire'' (1915) * '' T ...

- Lady Veasey * A.V. Bramble - The Prosecution * John MacAndrews - Ned Blake

References

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* 1918 films British silent feature films Films directed by Henry Edwards 1918 drama films British black-and-white films 1910s English-language films 1910s British films Silent British drama films English-language drama films {{1910s-UK-film-stub