It Is for England

It Is for England
It Is for England
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

Last updated August 15, 2025

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.

Cast

Helene Gingold – Reverend Christian St. George
Percy Moran – Lt. Stephen English RN
Margaret Shelley – Mary Marshall
Thomas Canning – John Marshall MP
R. Courtland – Percy Marshall
Lionel d'Aragon – Sir Charles Rosenbaum Bart MP
Gilbert Parker – Himself (*as Sir Gilbert Parker)
Leonard Shepherd – The Kaiser
Roy Travers – The Kaiser's Foreign Secretary

References

↑ Catalog of HoldingsThe American Film Institute Collection and The United Artists Collection at The Library of Congress p.91 c.1978 by The American Film Institute

External links

It Is for England at IMDb.com

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[1] Catalog of HoldingsThe American Film Institute Collection and The United Artists Collection at The Library of Congress p.91 c.1978 by The American Film Institute

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It Is for England

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Cast

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