''The House on the Marsh'' is a 1920 British silent

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directed by Fred Paul and starring Cecil Humphreys,

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who unmasks the owner of her house as a criminal. It was based on an 1884 melodramatic novel by Florence Warden.

Cast

* Cecil Humphreys - Gervas Rayner *

- Violet Christie * Harry Welchman - Laurence Reed * Frank Stanmore - Reverend Golightly * Madge Tree - Sarah Gooch *

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- Miss Rayner

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* * 1920 films British silent feature films 1920 crime films Films directed by Fred Paul Films based on British novels British black-and-white films British crime films 1920s English-language films 1920s British films {{1920s-UK-film-stub