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A Gamble in Lives
Also known as Samfundets Støtter in Denmark; Spelet om människoliv in Sweden
(1920) England
B&W : [?] Five or Six? reels / 5242 feet
Directed by George W. Ridgwell (George Ridgwell)

Cast: Malvina Longfellow [Joan Danvers], Norman McKinnell (Norman McKinnel) [James Danvers], Alec Fraser [Captain Ross], John Reid [Jimmie Danvers], Molly Adair [Gladys Danvers], Frances Ivor [Mrs. Danvers], Bobby Andrews [Harry Riggs], Alec Wynn-Thomas [Sims]

British & Colonial Kinematograph Company production; distributed by Pathé Frères [British]. / Produced by Edward Godal. Scenario by George W. Ridgwell (George Ridgwell), from the play The Joan Danvers by Frank Stayton. / Released November 1920. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format. / The film was released in Denmark as Samfundets Støtter on 22 March 1923. The film was released in Finland on 28 April 1924.

Drama.

Survival status: (unknown)

Current rights holder: (unknown)

Listing updated: 19 May 2020.

References: Pohle-Holmes p. ? : Website-IMDb.