The Great Turf Mystery

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The Great Turf Mystery
Directed by Walter West
Written by J. Bertram Brown
Starring Violet Hopson
James Knight
Warwick Ward
Production
company
Walter West Productions
Distributed by Butcher's Film Service
Release date
  • January 1924 (1924-01)
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguagesSilent
English intertitles

The Great Turf Mystery is a 1924 British silent sports film directed by Walter West and starring Violet Hopson, James Knight and Warwick Ward. [1] Like many of West's films it has a horseracing theme.

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