Strangling Threads

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Strangling Threads
Directed by Cecil M. Hepworth
Starring Alma Taylor
Campbell Gullan
James Carew
Production
company
Distributed by Ideal Films
Release date
August 1923
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguagesSilent
English intertitles

Strangling Threads is a 1923 British silent drama film directed by Cecil M. Hepworth and starring Alma Taylor, Campbell Gullan and James Carew. [1]

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Plot

A millionaire thinks he kills a blackmailing Mexican wife who dies of shock.

Cast

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References

  1. Gifford p.55

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