The Grip of Iron

The Grip of Iron
Directed by	Bert Haldane
Produced by	G.B. Samuelson
Written by	Adolphe Belot (novel) Arthur Shirley (play)
Starring	George Foley Malvina Longfellow James Lindsay
Production company	Famous Pictures
Distributed by	GFD
Release dates	January 1920
Country	United Kingdom
Language	Silent English intertitles

The Grip of Iron is a 1920 British silent crime film directed by Bert Haldane and starring George Foley, Malvina Longfellow and James Lindsay.^[1] It was based on a play of the same title by Arthur Shirley, which was in turn based on a novel by Adolphe Belot. A Parisian lawyer's clerk robs and strangles a series of victims in order to fund his daughter's extravagant lifestyle.

Cast

George Foley as Jagon / Simonnet
Malvina Longfellow as Cora Jager
James Lindsay as Lorenz de Rifas
Laurence Tessier as Paul Blanchard
Ronald Power as Captain Guerin
Ivy King as Marie Guerin
Warwick Buckland as Rolf De Belfort
John Power as Coucou
Moore Marriott as Smiler

References

↑ Low p.377

Bibliography

Low, Rachael. History of the British Film, 1918-1929. George Allen & Unwin, 1971.

External links

The Grip of Iron at the Internet Movie Database

The films of Bert Haldane

East Lynne (1913)
Sixty Years a Queen (1913)
The Lure of London (1914)
Lights of London (1914)
By the Shortest of Heads (1915)
Tommy Atkins (1915)
Jane Shore (1915)
The Rogues of London (1915)
Brigadier Gerard (1915)
Jack Tar (1915)
Five Nights (1915)
Do Unto Others (1915)
Truth and Justice (1916)
The Ticket-of-Leave Man (1918)
The Romance of Lady Hamilton (1919)
Mary Latimer, Nun (1920)
The Woman and Officer 26 (1920)
The Grip of Iron (1920)
The Winding Road (1920)

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