The Truants (film)

The Truants
Directed by	Sinclair Hill
Written by	A.E.W. Mason (novel) Kinchen Wood
Starring	Joan Morgan George Bellamy br>Lewis Gilbert
Production company	Stoll Pictures
Distributed by	Stoll Pictures
Release dates	July 1922 (1922-07)
Country	United Kingdom
Language	Silent English intertitles

The Truants is a 1922 British silent drama film directed by Sinclair Hill and starring Joan Morgan, George Bellamy and Lewis Gilbert. It is an adaptation of the 1904 novel The Truants by A.E.W. Mason.^[1] It was made by Britain's largest film company of the era Stoll Pictures, The film's sets were designed by art director Walter Murton.

Synopsis

An officer deserts from the French Foreign Legion to return home to his wife's assistance.

Cast

Joan Morgan as Millie Stretton
George Bellamy as Sir John Stretton
Lewis Gilbert as Captain Taverney
Phillip Simmons as Tony Stretton
Lawford Davidson as Lionel Callam
Robert English as John Mudge

References

↑ Low p.469

Bibliography

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

External links

The Truants at the Internet Movie Database

The films of Sinclair Hill

The Tidal Wave (1920)
The Place of Honour (1921)
The Mystery of Mr. Bernard Brown (1921)
The Truants (1922)
The Nonentity (1922)
The Lonely Lady of Grosvenor Square (1922)
The Experiment (1922)
Open Country (1922)
Half a Truth (1922)
Expiation (1922)
The Indian Love Lyrics (1923)
White Slippers (1924)
The Conspirators (1924)
The Squire of Long Hadley (1925)
The Secret Kingdom (1925)
The Qualified Adventurer (1925)
The Presumption of Stanley Hay, MP (1925)
Sahara Love (1926)
The Chinese Bungalow (1926)
A Woman Redeemed (1927)
The King's Highway (1927)
Boadicea (1928)
The Guns of Loos (1928)
The Price of Divorce (1928)
The Unwritten Law (1929)
Greek Street (1930)
Dark Red Roses (1930)
Such Is the Law (1930)
The Great Gay Road (1931)
Other People's Sins (1931)
A Gentleman of Paris (1931)
The First Mrs. Fraser (1932)
The Man from Toronto (1933)
Britannia of Billingsgate (1933)
My Old Dutch (1934)
Hyde Park Corner (1935)
The Cardinal (1936)
The Gay Adventure (1936)
Take a Chance (1937)
Midnight Menace (1937)
Command Performance (1937)
Follow Your Star (1938)

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