The Red Sword

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The Red Sword
The Red Sword.jpg
Directed by Robert G. Vignola
Written by Randolph Bartlett
Wyndham Gittens
Stanner E.V. Taylor
Starring William Collier Jr.
Marian Nixon
Carmel Myers
Cinematography Nicholas Musuraca
Edited by Ann McKnight
Production
company
Distributed byFilm Booking Offices of America
Release date
February 17, 1929
Running time
70 minutes
CountryUnited States
Languages Silent
English intertitles

The Red Sword is a 1929 American silent adventure film directed by Robert G. Vignola and starring William Collier Jr., Marian Nixon and Carmel Myers. [1] The film was produced and distributed by FBO Pictures, shortly before it was taken over by RKO Pictures. It was released in Britain by Ideal Films under the alternative title Three Days to Live.

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Synopsis

In Tsarist Russia, a Cossack general Litovski rapes the wife of an innkeeper leading to her death. Years later the innkeeper's daughter Vera seeks revenge on the general, even though she is in love with his nephew.

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Preservation

The film is now lost. [2]

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