Pirate Gold (1920 serial)

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Pirate Gold
Rogues and Romance (1920).jpg
Still from Rogues and Romance (1920), the feature version of the film serial
Directed by George B. Seitz
Written byFrank Leon Smith
Starring Marguerite Courtot
George B. Seitz
Distributed by Pathé Exchange
Astra Films
Release date
  • August 15, 1920 (1920-08-15)
Running time
10 episodes
Country United States
Language Silent with English intertitles

Pirate Gold is a 1920 American adventure film serial directed by George B. Seitz. Seitz also directed a feature-length version of the serial, Rogues and Romance , released in December 1920. The 10-episode serial was re-edited into the feature-length film Rogues and Romance (1920). The serial is now considered a lost film. [1]

Contents

Cast

List of episodes

  1. In Which Hoey Buys a Map
  2. Dynamite
  3. The Dead Man's Story
  4. Treasure at Last
  5. Drugged
  6. Kidnapped
  7. Under Suspicion
  8. Knifed
  9. The Double Cross
  10. Defeat and Victory

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