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Directed by | Herbert Brenon |
Produced by | Jesse L. Lasky Adolph Zukor |
Screenplay by | Edfrid A. Bingham Julie Herne |
Based on | The Breaking Point by Mary Roberts Rinehart |
Starring | Nita Naldi Patsy Ruth Miller George Fawcett Matt Moore John Merkyl Theodore von Eltz Edythe Chapman |
Cinematography | James Wong Howe |
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Distributed by | Paramount Pictures |
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Running time | 70 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | Silent (English intertitles) |
The Breaking Point is a 1924 American silent mystery film directed by Herbert Brenon and written by Edfrid A. Bingham and Julie Herne. The film, based on the 1922 novel of the same name by Mary Roberts Rinehart, stars Nita Naldi, Patsy Ruth Miller, George Fawcett, Matt Moore, John Merkyl, Theodore von Eltz, and Edythe Chapman. [1] The film was released on May 4, 1924, by Paramount Pictures. [2]
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