''The Town of Crooked Ways'' is a 1920 British silent

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directed by

Bert Wynne Bert Wynne (15 November 1889, Battersea, London – 14 November 1971, Yeovil, Somerset) was a British actor and film director. Selected filmography Director * '' The Town of Crooked Ways'' (1920) * '' The Manchester Man'' (1920) * '' Little Me ...

and starring Edward O'Neill,

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and Denis Cowles.BFI.org
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Cast

* Edward O'Neill as Solomon Quamperdene *

as Queenie Clay * Denis Cowles as Bevis Coleman *

Cyril Percival Cyril Percival (1889–1948) was a British film actor of the silent era.Goble p.122 Selected filmography * '' Love in a Wood'' (1915) * ''The Princess of Happy Chance ''The Princess of Happy Chance'' is a 1917 British silent romance film dir ...

as Clarence Quamperdene *

Eileen Magrath Eileen Magrath was a British actress. Selected filmography * ''The Children of Gibeon'' (1920) * '' The Town of Crooked Ways'' (1920) * '' By Berwin Banks'' (1920) * '' His Other Wife'' (1921) * ''The Lonely Lady of Grosvenor Square'' (1922) * '' ...

as Millie Earnshaw * George Bellamy as James Winter * Joan Ferry as Beatrice Quamperdene *

as Winterton Loring *

Charles Vane Charles Vane (c. 1680 – 29 March 1721) was an English pirate who operated in the Bahamas during the end of the Golden Age of Piracy. Vane was likely born in the Kingdom of England around 1680. One of his first pirate ventures was under the l ...

as Alderman Tanqueray *

Arthur M. Cullin Arthur Cullin was a British actor of the silent era who was born in Kensington, London. He is often credited as Arthur M. Cullin. Selected filmography * '' The Answer'' (1916) * ''The Valley of Fear'' (1916) * '' Whoso Is Without Sin'' (1916) * ...

as Parson *

Arthur Walcott Arthur Walcott (1857–1934) was a British actor of the silent era. Selected filmography *'' The Mystery of a Hansom Cab'' (1915) * '' The White Star'' (1915) * '' A Gamble for Love'' (1917) * '' Drink'' (1917) * '' The Woman Wins'' (1918) * ...

as Jack Ricketts *

Judd Green Judd Green (also credited as R. Judd Green; 1866–1932) was a British film actor of the silent era. He was born in Portsmouth, Hampshire in 1866 and made his first screen appearance in 1914. Selected filmography * '' The Third String'' (1914) * ...

as Chancellor Slee * Lyell Johnstone as Ben Claybourne * Ida Fane as Miss Grampayne *

Wallace Bosco Wallace Charles Bosco (31 January 1880 in St Pancras, London – 1973 in Richmond upon Thames, Surrey) was an English film actor and screenwriter A screenplay writer (also called screenwriter, scriptwriter, scribe or scenarist) is a writer ...

as Mallowes *

Fred Rains Frederick William Rains (c. 1860 – 3 December 1945) was a British actor and film director. He was the father of the actor Claude Rains. Selected filmography Actor * '' The Broken Melody'' (1916) * '' The New Clown'' (1916) * ''The Marriag ...

as Chyver

References

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* 1920 films Films directed by Bert Wynne 1920 drama films British silent feature films British black-and-white films 1920s English-language films 1920s British films Silent British drama films English-language drama films {{1920s-UK-film-stub