''The Sword of Damocles'' is a 1920 British silent

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directed by

George Ridgwell George Ridgwell (1867–1935) was a British screenwriter and film director of the silent film era. His name was sometimes spelt as George Ridgewell. He was born in Woolwich in 1867. He directed around 70 films including a series of adaptations of S ...

and starring

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, H.V. Esmond and

Claude Fleming Claude Flemming (1884–1952) was an Australian actor, writer, producer and director of theatre and film whose varied stage career spanned the first half of the 20th century. He performed in Shakespeare and other drama, as well as opera, and bec ...

.Low p. 460

Cast

as Leonie Paoli * H.V. Esmond as Hugh Maltravers *

as Geoffrey Moray *

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as Jack Moray * Thomas Nesbitt as Bruce Leslie * Chigquita de Lorenzo as Una Paioli *

Edward Sorley Edward Sorley (1871 – 16 October 1933) was a British actor. Sorley was born in Camberwell, Surrey and died at age 62 in Blackheath, London. Selected filmography * '' Queen's Evidence'' (1919) * ''The Temptress'' (1920) * '' The Sword of D ...

as Raikes * Tom Nesbitt as Bruce Leslie

References

Bibliography

* Low, Rachael. ''The History of British Film (Volume 3): The History of the British Film 1914 - 1918''. Routledge, 2013.

External links

* 1920 films 1920 drama films British silent feature films British drama films Films directed by George Ridgwell Butcher's Film Service films 1920s English-language films 1920s British films Silent drama films {{1920s-UK-film-stub