''The Jackals'' (French: ''Les chacals'') is a 1917 French silent

adventure film An adventure film is a form of adventure fiction, and is a genre of film. Subgenres of adventure films include swashbuckler films, pirate films, and survival films. Adventure films may also be combined with other film genres such as action, an ...

directed by

André Hugon André Hugon (17 December 1886 – 22 August 1960) was a French film director, screenwriter and film producer best known for his silent films from 1913 onwards, particularly of the 1920s and into sound. Hugon was born in Algiers in 1886 wh ...

and starring

André Nox André Nox (1869–1946) was a French film actor.Goble p.28 Selected filmography * ''The Jackals'' (1917) * ''Vertigo'' (1917) * ''Sharks'' (1917) * '' The Fugitive'' (1920) *'' After Love'' (1924) * ''Count Kostia'' (1925) * ''The Nude Woman'' ( ...

, Louis Paglieri and

Musidora Jeanne Roques (23 February 1889 – 11 December 1957), known professionally as Musidora, was a French actress, film director, and writer. She is best known for her acting in silent films, and rose to public attention for roles in the Louis ...

.Rège p.511

Cast

as Gervisi * Louis Paglieri as Higgins *

as Dolorès Melrose * M. Byon as James Hampton *

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as Benedictus * as Goldoya * Maggy Delval

References

Bibliography

* Rège, Philippe. ''Encyclopedia of French Film Directors, Volume 1''. Scarecrow Press, 2009.

External links

* 1917 films Films directed by André Hugon French silent films French black-and-white films French adventure films 1917 adventure films Silent adventure films 1910s French films {{silent-adventure-film-stub