The Wrongdoers

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The Wrongdoers
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Directed by Hugh Dierker
Written by Lewis Allen Browne
Produced byBernarr Macfadden
Starring Lionel Barrymore
Anne Cornwall
Henry Hull
Cinematography Fred Chaston
John K. Holbrook
Production
company
MacFadden True Story Pictures
Distributed byAstor Pictures
Ideal Films (UK)
Release date
  • September 3, 1925 (1925-09-03)
Running time
50 minutes
CountryUnited States
Language Silent (English intertitles)

The Wrongdoers is a 1925 American silent drama film directed by Hugh Dierker and starring Lionel Barrymore, Anne Cornwall, and Henry Hull. [1]

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Plot

As described in a film magazine review, [2] a druggist who is philanthropic but poor, heads a robber gang that steals from the rich to aid the poor. His son, who is in love with the daughter of the woman his father befriended, foils a robbery planned by his father. The father and the man who was to have been robbed are killed. The son and the young woman are married.

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References

  1. Munden p. 928
  2. "New Pictures: The Wrongdoers", Exhibitors Herald, Chicago, Illinois: Exhibitors Herald Company, 23 (6): 58, 31 October 1925, retrieved 2 November 2022PD-icon.svg This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain .

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