Red Aces

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Red Aces
Directed by Edgar Wallace
Written byEdgar Wallace
Based onRed Aces (novel) by Edgar Wallace
Produced byS. W. Smith
Starring Janice Adair
Muriel Angelus
Nigel Bruce
Production
company
Distributed byBritish Lion Films
Release date
  • 3 November 1930 (1930-11-03)
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguagesSilent
English intertitles

Red Aces is a British silent crime film of 1929 directed by Edgar Wallace and starring Janice Adair, Muriel Angelus and Nigel Bruce. It was adapted by Wallace from one of his own novels, Red Aces (1929), featuring the character of J.G. Reeder. It was shot at Beaconsfield Studios where Wallace had established a company British Lion Films to film versions of his works. [1]

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