A Dangerous Adventure | |
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Directed by | Sam Warner Jack L. Warner |
Screenplay by | Sam Warner |
Based on | A Dangerous Adventure by Frances Guihan |
Produced by | William Nicholas Selig |
Starring | Grace Darmond Philo McCullough Jack Richardson Robert Agnew Derelys Perdue Rex De Rosselli |
Cinematography | André Barlatier John W. Boyle Walter L. Griffin Floyd Jackman |
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Distributed by | Warner Bros. |
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Running time | 15 chapters |
Country | United States |
Language | Silent (English intertitles) |
Budget | $175,000 [1] [2] |
Box office | $142,000 (worldwide rentals) [1] [2] |
A Dangerous Adventure is a 1922 American silent adventure serial film directed by Sam Warner and Jack L. Warner and written by Sam Warner. The film stars Grace Darmond, Philo McCullough, Jack Richardson, Robert Agnew, Derelys Perdue, and Rex De Rosselli. The film was released by Warner Bros. on November 1, 1922. [3] [4] [5]
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