Wild Geese (film)

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Wild Geese
Directed by Phil Goldstone
Written by A. P. Younger
Based on Wild Geese
1925 novel
by Martha Ostenso
Produced byL. L. Ostrow
John M. Stahl
Starring Belle Bennett
Russell Simpson
Eve Southern
Cinematography Max Dupont
E. Fox Walker
Joseph Dubray
Edited by Martin G. Cohn
Distributed by Tiffany-Stahl
Release date
  • November 15, 1927 (1927-11-15)
Running time
70 minutes
CountryUnited States
Language Silent (English intertitles)

Wild Geese is a 1927 American silent drama film directed by Phil Goldstone and starring Belle Bennett and Russell Simpson. Based upon the 1925 novel of the same name by Martha Ostenso, it was distributed by Tiffany-Stahl Pictures. [1] [2]

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Preservation

With no prints of Wild Geese located in any film archives, [3] it is a lost film. [4]

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