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The Cold Deck
(1917) United States of America
B&W : Seven reels
Directed by William S. Hart

Cast: William S. Hart, Mildred Harris, Sylvia Breamer, Charles O. Rush, Edwin N. Wallock, Alma Rubens, Joe Knight

New York Motion Picture Corporation production; distributed on State Rights basis by S.A. Lynch Enterprises, Incorporated, and Triangle Distributing Corporation [Kay-Bee]. / Scenario by J.G. Hawks, from a screen story by J.G. Hawks. Art direction by Robert Brunton and G. Harold Percival. Cinematography by Joe August (Joseph H. August). Presented by Thomas H. Ince. / © 2 September 1917 by S.A. Lynch Enterprises, Incorporated [LP11346]. Released November 1917. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format. / The film was produced from 22 March through 5 May 1917.

Drama: Western.

Synopsis: Synopses available in AFI-F1 n. F1.0746, and in Koszarski-Hart p. 71.

Survival status: Print exists.

Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].

Keywords: Crime: Murder - Death: Murder - Debt - Families: Brother-sister relationships - Gamblers - Self-sacrifice

Listing updated: 4 February 2016.

References: AFI-F1 n. F1.0746; Koszarski-Hart pp. 71-72 : ClasIm-224 p. 53.