The Conspirators | |
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Directed by | Sinclair Hill |
Written by | Sinclair Hill |
Based on | The Avenger 1907 novel by E. Phillips Oppenheim |
Starring | Betty Faire David Hawthorne Moore Marriott |
Cinematography | Horace Wheddon |
Edited by | Challis Sanderson |
Production company | |
Distributed by | Stoll Pictures |
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Country | United Kingdom |
Languages | Silent English intertitles |
The Conspirators is a 1924 British silent crime film directed by Sinclair Hill and starring Betty Faire, David Hawthorne and Moore Marriott. [1]
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