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The Black Gate

  • 1919
  • 50m
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Earle Williams in The Black Gate (1919)
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Lecherous theatrical manager Allan Bowen is shot and killed while attempting to rape Vera Hampton. Wade DeForrest, the son of a wealthy woman, is charged with murder. Wade's companion that e... Read allLecherous theatrical manager Allan Bowen is shot and killed while attempting to rape Vera Hampton. Wade DeForrest, the son of a wealthy woman, is charged with murder. Wade's companion that evening, Shaler Spencer, once a prominent lawyer but now an idler who has squandered his br... Read allLecherous theatrical manager Allan Bowen is shot and killed while attempting to rape Vera Hampton. Wade DeForrest, the son of a wealthy woman, is charged with murder. Wade's companion that evening, Shaler Spencer, once a prominent lawyer but now an idler who has squandered his brother Rod's inheritance, decides to confess to the killing if Wade's mother will pay Rod $... Read all

  • Director
    • Theodore Marston
  • Writers
    • Hilliard Booth
    • Lucien Hubbard
  • Stars
    • Earle Williams
    • Ruth Clifford
    • Harry Spingler
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  • YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • Theodore Marston
    • Writers
      • Hilliard Booth
      • Lucien Hubbard
    • Stars
      • Earle Williams
      • Ruth Clifford
      • Harry Spingler
  • See production info at IMDbPro
  • See production info at IMDbPro
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    Earle Williams
    Earle Williams
    • Shaler Spencer
    Ruth Clifford
    Ruth Clifford
    • Vera Hampton
    Harry Spingler
    Harry Spingler
    • Wade DeForrest
    J. Parks Jones
    • Rod Spencer
    • (as Park Jones)
    Clarissa Selwynne
    Clarissa Selwynne
    • Mrs. DeForrest
    • (as Clarissa Selwyn)
    Brinsley Shaw
    Brinsley Shaw
    • Norton
    J. Barney Sherry
    J. Barney Sherry
    • Bowen
    • Director
      • Theodore Marston
    • Writers
      • Hilliard Booth
      • Lucien Hubbard
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    • Release date
      • November 1919 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Languages
      • None
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Un coup de feu... Deux balles!
    • Production company
      • Vitagraph Company of America
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    • Runtime
      • 50m
    • Color
      • Black and White
    • Sound mix
      • Silent
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.33 : 1

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