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The Grip of Iron (1919)

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Film details

Featuring

George Foley Malvina Longfellow James Lindsay
Director

Bert Haldane
Country

United Kingdom
Year

1919
Genre

Drama
Type

Film
Category

Fiction

Synopsis

Drama of a clerk to a Paris notary who carries on a secret career as "Simmonet the Strangler" in order to support his daughter lavishly. Before being apprehended, he strangles the false husband who killed his daughter.

Cast & Credits

Cast
- - Jagon/Simonnet
    
    George Foley
  - Cora Jagon
    
    Malvina Longfellow
  - Lorenz de Rifas
    
    James Lindsay
  - Paul Blanchard
    
    Laurence Tessier
  - Captain Geurin
    
    Ronald Power
  - Marie Geurin
    
    Ivy King
  - Rolf de Belfort
    
    Warwick Buckland
  - Coucou
    
    John Power
  - Smiler
    
    Moore Marriott
Credits
- Direction:
  - Director
    
    Bert Haldane
  Production:
  - Production Company
    
    Famous Pictures
  Writing:
  - Script
    
    Arthur Shirley
  - Script
    
    Bert Haldane
  - Script
    
    Bert Haldane
  - Based on the play by
    
    Arthur Shirley

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