The Hypocrites (1916 film)

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The Hypocrites
Directed by George Loane Tucker
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Distributed byJury Films
Release date
March 1916
CountryUnited Kingdom
Languages
  • Silent
  • English intertitles

The Hypocrites is a 1916 British silent drama film directed by George Loane Tucker and starring Elisabeth Risdon, Charles Rock and Cyril Raymond. It is also known by the alternative title The Morals of Weybury. [1]

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Plot

A squire tries to make his son deny he fathered a villager's child, and wed an heiress.

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References

  1. Goble p.247

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