It Is for England | |
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Directed by | Laurence Cowen |
Written by | Laurence Cowen |
Produced by | Union Jack Company The Admiralty |
Starring | Helene Gingold Percy Moran Margaret Shelley |
Distributed by | Phillips & Carroll (UK) Gaumont British Distributors (UK 1918, rerelease) |
Release date | November 1916 |
Running time | 10 reels(1916) 5 reels(1918 rerelease) |
Country | UK |
Language | Silent..English |
It Is for England is a 1916 silent film propaganda war drama written and directed by Laurence Cowen. It is also called The Hidden Hand.
It is preserved at the Library of Congress. [1]
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