The Red Sword
{{short description|1929 film}}
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{{Infobox film
| name =The Red Sword
| image = The Red Sword.jpg
| caption =
| director = Robert G. Vignola
| producer =
| based_on =
| writer = Randolph Bartlett
Wyndham Gittens
Stanner E.V. Taylor
| narrator =
| starring =William Collier Jr.
Marian Nixon
Carmel Myers
| music =
| cinematography =Nicholas Musuraca
| editing = Ann McKnight
| studio = Film Booking Offices of America
| distributor = Film Booking Offices of America
| released = {{Film date|1929|02|17}}
| runtime = 70 minutes
| country = United States
| language = Silent
English intertitles
| budget =
| gross =
}}
The Red Sword is a 1929 American silent adventure film directed by Robert G. Vignola and starring William Collier Jr., Marian Nixon and Carmel Myers.Rainey p.187 The film was produced and distributed by FBO Pictures, shortly before it was taken over by RKO Pictures. It was released in Britain by Ideal Films under the alternative title Three Days to Live.
Synopsis
In Tsarist Russia, a Cossack general Litovski rapes the wife of an innkeeper leading to her death. Years later the innkeeper's daughter Vera seeks revenge on the general, even though she is in love with his nephew.
Cast
- William Collier Jr. as Paul
- Marian Nixon as Vera
- Carmel Myers as Katherine
- Demetrius Alexis as Veronoff
- Alan Roscoe as Litovski
- Charles Darvas as Fideleff
- Barbara Bozoky as Cook
Preservation
References
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Bibliography
- Rainey, Buck. Sweethearts of the Sage: Biographies and Filmographies of 258 actresses appearing in Western movies. McFarland & Company, 1992.
External links
- {{IMDb title|0020317}}
- [https://www.allmovie.com/movie/red-sword-vm78841/ allmovie.com]
- [https://www.kinotv.com/page/film.php?filmcode=56991&q=0&l=en Kinotv]|The Red Sword
{{Robert G. Vignola}}
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Category:1920s English-language films
Category:American silent feature films
Category:Silent American adventure films
Category:American black-and-white films
Category:Films directed by Robert G. Vignola
Category:Film Booking Offices of America films
Category:Films set in the Russian Empire
Category:English-language adventure films
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