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A Perfect Crime
(1921) United States of America
B&W : Five reels / 4739 feet
Directed by Allan Dwan

Cast: Monte Blue [Wally Griggs], Jacqueline Logan [Mary Oliver], Stanton Heck [‘Big Bill’ Thaine], Hardee Kirkland [Halliday, the bank president], Jane Peters (Carole Lombard) [Griggs’ kid sister]

Allan Dwan Productions production; distributed by Associated Producers, Incorporated. / Scenario by Allan Dwan, from the short story “A Perfect Crime” by Carl Clausen. Assistant directors, Wilfred Buckland and James Ewens. Cinematography by H. Lyman Broening. Camera assistant, Gordon Pollock. Stills photography by Alfred Cheney Johnston. Film editor, Lillian Ducey. Intertitles written by Lillian Ducey. Presented by Allan Dwan. / © 21 February 1921 by Allan Dwan Productions [LP16171]. Released 27 March 1921. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format. / Logan’s feature film debut. Lonbard’s film debut. The film’s distribution was taken over by Associated First National Pictures, Incorporated, in October 1921.

Comedy-Drama: Crime.

Survival status: (unknown)

Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].

Listing updated: 15 October 2023.

References: Bogdanovich-Dwan pp. 51-52 : Website-AFI; Website-ASFFDb; Website-IMDb; Website-Wikipedia.

 
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