God and the Man

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God and the Man
Directed by Edwin J. Collins
Written by Eliot Stannard
Starring Langhorn Burton
Joyce Carey
Bert Wynne
Edith Craig
Production
company
Distributed byIdeal Film Company
Release date
  • 1918 (1918)
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish

God and the Man is a 1918 British silent drama film directed by Edwin J. Collins and starring Langhorn Burton, Joyce Carey and Bert Wynne. [1] It was adapted from an 1881 novel by Robert Buchanan.

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  1. "BFI | Film & TV Database | GOD AND THE MAN (1918)". Archived from the original on 3 September 2009. Retrieved 22 January 2012.