The Truants (film)

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The Truants
Directed by Sinclair Hill
Written byKinchen Wood
Starring Joan Morgan
George Bellamy
Lewis Gilbert
Production
company
Distributed byStoll Pictures
Release date
  • July 1922 (1922-07)
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguagesSilent
English intertitles

The Truants is a 1922 British silent drama film directed by Sinclair Hill and starring Joan Morgan, George Bellamy and Lewis Gilbert. It is an adaptation of the 1904 novel The Truants by A.E.W. Mason. [1] It was made by Britain's largest film company of the era Stoll Pictures. The film's sets were designed by art director Walter Murton.

Contents

Premise

An officer deserts from the French Foreign Legion to return home to his wife's assistance.

Cast

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References

  1. Low p.469

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