Whosoever Shall Offend

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Whosoever Shall Offend
Directed by Arrigo Bocchi
Written by Francis Marion Crawford (novel)
Kenelm Foss
Starring Kenelm Foss
Mary Odette
Hayford Hobbs
Production
company
Distributed byWalturdaw
Release date
February 1919
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguagesSilent
English intertitles

Whosoever Shall Offend is a 1919 British silent crime film directed by Arrigo Bocchi and starring Kenelm Foss, Mary Odette and Mary Marsh Allen. [1] The screenplay concerns a man murders his wife in Italy and then tries to marry a wealthy women.

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