A Turf Conspiracy (film)

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A Turf Conspiracy
Directed by Frank Wilson
Written by Nat Gould (novel)
Bannister Merwin
Produced by Walter West
Starring Violet Hopson
Gerald Ames
Cameron Carr
Production
company
Distributed byGranger Films
Release date
September 1918
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguagesSilent
English intertitles

A Turf Conspiracy is a 1918 British silent sports crime film directed by Frank Wilson and starring Violet Hopson, Gerald Ames and Joan Legge. It is an adaptation of the 1916 novel of the same name by Nat Gould. [1]

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  1. Palmer p.856

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