The Lion and the Lamb (film)

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The Lion and the Lamb
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Directed by George B. Seitz
Written byMatt Taylor
Based on The Lion and the Lamb by E. Phillips Oppenheim
Produced by Harry Cohn
Starring Walter Byron
Carmel Myers
Raymond Hatton
Montagu Love
Cinematography Henry Sharp
Edited by Gene Milford
Music by Sam Perry
Production
company
Distributed byColumbia Pictures
Release date
  • January 1, 1931 (1931-01-01)
Running time
75 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

The Lion and the Lamb is a 1931 American Pre-Code comedy thriller film directed by George B. Seitz and starring Walter Byron, Carmel Myers and Raymond Hatton. [1] It is an adaptation of the 1930 novel of the same title by E. Phillips Oppenheim. [2]

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Plot

In London a young man who has recently inherited a title as an Earl encounters a notorious gang known as the Lambs and is blackmailed into joining them due to his fingerprints on a knife used to kill an alleged traitor to the gang.

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References

  1. Hal Erickson (2012). "The Lion and the Lamb review". Movies & TV Dept. The New York Times . Archived from the original on November 4, 2012. Retrieved June 22, 2011.
  2. Goble p.839

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