''The Winding Road'' is a 1920 British silent crime film directed by

Bert Haldane Bert Haldane (1871–1937) was a British film director of the silent era. Filmography Filmography - based on IMDb - is complete. 1910 *'' Coals of Fire'' (1910) *'' Tried and Found True'' (1910) *'' Cast Thy Bread Upon the Waters'' ( ...

and Frank Wilson and starring

Cecil Humphreys Cecil Humphreys (1883–1947) was a British film and theatre actor who played in 46 films between 1916 and 1948, mostly in supporting roles as doctors, aristocrats, and generals. Among his best-known roles were Judge Linton, in the 1939 version ...

, Edith Pearson and Annesley Healy.Low p.480 The screenplay concerns an army officer who is

cashiered Cashiering (or degradation ceremony), generally within military forces, is a ritual dismissal of an individual from some position of responsibility for a breach of discipline. Etymology From the Flemish (to dismiss from service; to discard ...

for forgery, but later is granted his freedom after saving a warden from rioting prisoners.

Cast

as Major Gawthorne * Edith Pearson as Ruth Gledhill * Annesley Healy as Jack Gledhill * Jack Jarman as Lieutenant Chatterton * Dorothy Cecil as Hon. Mrs. Dunoyne *

Moore Marriott George Thomas Moore Marriott (14 September 1885 – 11 December 1949) was an English character actor best remembered for the series of films he made with Will Hay. His first appearance with Hay was in the film '' Dandy Dick'' (1935), but he wa ...

as Jed Sterrett

References

Bibliography

* Low, Rachael. ''History of the British Film, 1918-1929''. George Allen & Unwin, 1971.

External links

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