''The Right to Live'' is a 1921 British silent

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written by, directed by and starring

A.E. Coleby Albert Ernest Coleby (1876 – 15 July 1930) was a British film director, actor and screenwriter of the silent era. Selected filmography Director * ''Peg Woffington'' (1912) * '' Mysteries of London'' (1915) * '' The Lure of Drink'' (1915) * ''K ...

. The screenplay concerns a

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fishmonger who tracks down his estranged niece who is an aspiring actress and then loses his family's savings gambling on a

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Main cast

- Bill Rivers * Phyllis Shannaw - Marjorie Dessalar * Peter Upcher - Sir Robert Martindale * Marguerite Hare - Mrs. Rivers * Henry Nicholls-Bates - Grandpa Rivers

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* 1921 films British silent feature films 1921 drama films British drama films British black-and-white films 1920s English-language films 1920s British films Silent drama films {{1920s-UK-film-stub