Captain Swift

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Captain Swift
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Directed by Tom Terriss
Chester Bennett
Written by Lucien Hubbard
Based onCaptin Swift by C. Haddon Chambers
Starring Earle Williams
Florence Dixon
Edward Martindel
Cinematography Charles J. Davis
Jack MacKenzie
Production
company
Distributed byVitagraph Company of America
Release date
  • April 1920 (1920-04)
Running time
50 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguagesSilent
English intertitles

Captain Swift is a 1920 American silent drama film directed by Tom Terriss and Chester Bennett and starring Earle Williams, Florence Dixon and Edward Martindel. It is based on the 1888 play of the same title by C. Haddon Chambers. [1]

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Plot

A notorious Australian outlaw manages to escape with the law close on his heels and heads to England where he lives under an assumed name, and becomes a fixture in London's high society.

Cast

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References

  1. Goble p.704

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