A Bid for Fortune

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A Bid for Fortune
Directed by Sidney Morgan
Written by Guy Boothby (novel)
Based on A Bid for Fortune; Or, Doctor Nikola's Vendetta
by Guy Boothby
Starring A. Harding Steerman
Violet Graham
Sydney Vautier
Production
company
Unity-Super Films
Distributed byUnity-Super Films
Release date
  • April 1917 (1917-04)
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguagesSilent
English intertitles

A Bid for Fortune is a 1917 British silent crime film directed by Sidney Morgan and starring A. Harding Steerman, Violet Graham and Sydney Vautier. [1] It is based on Guy Boothby's novel of the same name

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  1. Goble p.688

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