Accused (1925 film)

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Accused
Directed by Dell Henderson
Written byRoy Briant
Produced by Jesse J. Goldburg
Starring Marcella Daly
Eric Mayne
Charles Delaney
Production
company
Independent Pictures
Distributed byIndependent Pictures
Woolf & Freedman Film Service (UK)
Release date
  • December 3, 1925 (1925-12-03)
Running time
50 minutes
CountryUnited States
Language Silent (English intertitles)

Accused is a 1925 American silent drama film directed by Dell Henderson and starring Marcella Daly, Eric Mayne, and Charles Delaney. [1]

Contents

Plot

As described in a film magazine review, [2] Helen, reared as the daughter of the kindly Cyrus Braidwood, discovers that her real father is the crook Lait Rodman, overwhom Braidwood holds a confession of complicity in the death of his wife. Rodman obtains possession of the incriminating document. Helen secretly enters Rodman's apartment to search for the vanished paper and encounters Steve Randall, a wealthy young bachelor. Each takes the other as being a crook. They become trapped in the thieves' underground den which becomes flooded, and they barely escape. Matters are finally adjusted and the two agree to wed.

Cast

Preservation

A complete copy of Accused is held by the Library of Congress. [3]

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References

  1. Connelly p. 317
  2. Pardy, George T. (16 January 1926), "Pre-Release Review of Features: Accused", Motion Picture News, New York City, New York: Motion Picture News, Inc., 33 (3): 304, retrieved 15 January 2023PD-icon.svg This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain .
  3. "Accused". American Silent Feature Film Database. Retrieved 29 April 2022.

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