''The Call of the Road'' is a 1920 British silent

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directed by A. E. Coleby and starring

Victor McLaglen Victor Andrew de Bier Everleigh McLaglen (10 December 1886 – 7 November 1959) was a British boxer-turned-Hollywood actor.Obituary ''Variety'', 11 November 1959, page 79. He was known as a character actor, particularly in Westerns, and made se ...

, Phyllis Shannaw and

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.Low p.344

Cast

as Alf Truscott * Phyllis Shannaw as Lady Rowena *

as Lord Delavel * Philip Williams as Sir Martin Trevor * A. E. Coleby as Punch Murphy *

Adeline Hayden Coffin Adeline Maria Elisabeth Hayden Coffin (née de Leuw; 20 June 1862 – 31 March 1939) was a German-born British actress. In an advertisement for her professional availability in 1921 she described herself, or was described by her agent, as suita ...

as Lady Ullswater * Ernest A. Douglas as Silas * Henry Nicholls-Bates as Paganini Primus * Barry Furness as Pagnini Secundus * Fred Drummond as Hammer John * Olive Bell as Miller's Wife *

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* Tom Ronald as Master Alfred's Man * Eric Royce as Master Ulleswater

References

Bibliography

* Low, Rachel. ''The History of British Film: Volume IV, 1918–1929''. Routledge, 1997.

External links

* 1920 films British historical adventure films British silent feature films 1920s historical adventure films Films directed by A. E. Coleby Films set in England Films set in the 1820s British black-and-white films 1920s English-language films 1920s British films Silent historical adventure films {{silent-adventure-film-stub