The Valley of Ghosts (film)

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The Valley of Ghosts
Directed by G. B. Samuelson
Written by Edgar Wallace (Novel and Screenplay)
Produced byS. W. Smith
Starring Miriam Seegar
Ian Hunter
Wallace Bosco
Derrick De Marney
Production
company
Distributed byJury Metro-Goldwyn
Release date
December 1928
Running time
5,304 feet [1]
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguagesSilent
English intertitles

The Valley of Ghosts is a 1928 British silent mystery film directed by G. B. Samuelson and starring Miriam Seegar, Ian Hunter and Leo Sheffield. [2] It was an adaptation of the 1922 novel The Valley of Ghosts by Edgar Wallace. It was made at Beaconsfield Studios. It is currently a lost film.

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  1. p.Low p.404
  2. BFI.org

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