A Dead Certainty

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A Dead Certainty
Directed by George Dewhurst
Written byNat Gould
P.L. Mannock
Produced byWalter West
Starring Gregory Scott
Poppy Wyndham
Cameron Carr
Harry Royston
Release date
  • 1920 (1920)
CountryUnited Kingdom

A Dead Certainty is a 1920 British silent sports drama film directed by George Dewhurst and starring Gregory Scott, Poppy Wyndham and Cameron Carr. [1] It was based on a novel by Nathaniel Gould. [2] A jockey comes under pressure from his girlfriend's relations to fix a horse race.

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  1. BFI.org
  2. Low p.152

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