One Colombo Night

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One Colombo Night
Directed by Henry Edwards
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Distributed byStoll Pictures
Release date
15 November 1926
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguagesSilent
English intertitles

One Colombo Night is a 1926 British silent drama film directed by Henry Edwards and starring Godfrey Tearle, Marjorie Hume and Nora Swinburne. [1] The film was based on a story by Austin Phillips.

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Premise

After being ruined in business, a man goes to Australia to make his fortune.

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References

  1. "One Colombo Night (1926) | BFI". Ftvdb.bfi.org.uk. Archived from the original on 23 October 2012. Retrieved 14 December 2016.