The Man Who Won | |
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Directed by | William Wellman |
Written by | Ewart Adamson |
Based on | Twins of Suffering Creek (novel) by Ridgwell Cullum (1912) |
Produced by | William Fox |
Starring | Dustin Farnum |
Cinematography | Joseph H. August |
Distributed by | Fox Film Corporation |
Release date | August 26, 1923 |
Running time | 50 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | Silent (with English titles) |
The Man Who Won is a 1923 American silent Western film directed by William A. Wellman. It was produced and distributed by the Fox Film Corporation. [1] [2]
With no prints of The Man Who Won located in any film archives, it is considered a lost film. [3]
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