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Saved from the Sea
Directed byW. P. Kellino
Written byBen Landeck (play)
Arthur Shirley (play)
W.P. Kellino
StarringNora Swinburne
Philip Anthony
Wallace Bosco
Terence Cavanagh
Production
company
Distributed byGaumont British Distributors
Release date
  • October 1920 (1920-10)
Running time
6,000 feet[1]
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguagesSilent
English intertitles

Saved from the Sea is a 1920 British silent crime film directed by W. P. Kellino and starring Nora Swinburne, Philip Anthony and Wallace Bosco. It was based on a play by Ben Landeck and Arthur Shirley. It was made by Kellino for Gaumont British under the 'Westminster Films' brand.

Premise

In Cornwall a cardsharper and his heir frame a fisherman for the death of their jealous partner.[2]

Cast

  • Nora Swinburne as Nancy Brooks
  • Philip Anthony as Dan Ellington
  • Wallace Bosco as Peter Scalcher
  • Terence Cavanagh as Dick Fenton
  • Mary Saville as Mrs. Ellington
  • Cecil Calvert

References

  1. ^ Low p.443
  2. ^ "Saved from the Sea" in Denis Gifford, British Film Catalogue: volume 1: The Fiction Film

Bibliography

  • Low, Rachael. History of the British Film, 1918–1929. George Allen & Unwin, 1971.