The Flying Fifty-Five (1924 film)
{{short description|1924 film}}
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{{Infobox film
| name = The Flying Fifty-Five
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| director = A. E. Coleby
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| writer = A. E. Coleby
| based_on = {{based on|The Flying Fifty-Five |Edgar Wallace}}
| starring = Lionelle Howard
Frank Perfitt
Lionel d'Aragon
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| studio = Stoll Pictures
| distributor = Stoll Pictures
| released = {{Film date|1924|11}}
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| country = United Kingdom
| language = Silent
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The Flying Fifty-Five is a 1924 British silent sports film directed by A. E. Coleby and starring Lionelle Howard, Frank Perfitt and Lionel d'Aragon.{{Cite book|last=Goble|first=Alan|url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/868959494|title=The complete index to literary sources in film|publisher=Walter de Gruyter|year=1999|isbn=978-3-11-095194-3|location=London|pages=160|oclc=868959494}} It is based on a 1922 novel of the same name by Edgar Wallace, and was remade as a sound film in 1939.
Cast
- Lionelle Howard as Reggie Cambrey
- Stephanie Stephens as Stella Barrington
- Brian B. Lemon as Lord Fountwell
- Frank Perfitt as Joanh Urquhart
- Lionel d'Aragon as Sir Jacques Gregory
- Bert Darley as Honourable Claude Barrington
- Adeline Hayden Coffin as Aunt
- John Alexander as Jebson
- Johnny Butt
- Annie Esmond
See also
Further reading
- Low, Rachael. The History of the British Film 1918-1929. George Allen & Unwin, 1971.
References
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External links
- {{IMDb title|0325397}}
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Category:British horse racing films
Category:British silent feature films
Category:Films directed by A. E. Coleby
Category:Films based on British novels
Category:Films based on works by Edgar Wallace
Category:British black-and-white films
Category:1920s English-language films
Category:Silent British sports films
Category:English-language sports films
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