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The Black Bag
(1922) United States of America
B&W : Five reels / 4343 feet
Directed by Stuart Paton

Cast: Herbert Rawlinson [Billy Kirkwood], Virginia Valli [Dorothy Calender], Bert Roach [Mulready], Clara Beyers [Mrs. Hallam], Charles L. King [Freddie Hallam], Herbert Fortier [Samuel Brentwick], Lew Short [Burgoyne], Jack O’Brien [Martin]

The Universal Film Manufacturing Company, Incorporated, production; distributed by The Universal Film Manufacturing Company, Incorporated. / Scenario by George Hively, from an adaptation by Bernard Hyman of the novel The Black Bag by Louis Joseph Vance. Cinematography by Virgil Miller. Additional cinematography by Irving B. Ruby. / © 2 June 1922 by The Universal Film Manufacturing Company, Incorporated [LP17934]. Released 5 June 1922. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format.

Comedy-Drama: Crime.

Synopsis: Synopsis available in AFI-F2 n. F2.0431.

Survival status: (unknown)

Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].

Keywords: Businessmen - Criminals: Thieves - Families: Brother-sister relationships - Jewelry: Necklaces - Law: Enforcement: Arrests - Resorts - USA: New York: New York - Weapons: Guns

Listing updated: 16 October 2011.

References: AFI-F2 n. F2.0431; Hirschhorn-Universal p. 39; Sherwood-Best p. 156.