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Sink or Swim

  • 1920
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  • Director
    • Richard Stanton
  • Writers
    • Edward Sedgwick
    • Ralph Spence
  • Stars
    • George Walsh
    • Enid Markey
    • Joseph J. Dowling
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  • YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • Richard Stanton
    • Writers
      • Edward Sedgwick
      • Ralph Spence
    • Stars
      • George Walsh
      • Enid Markey
      • Joseph J. Dowling
  • See production info at IMDbPro
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    George Walsh
    George Walsh
    • Dick Mason
    Enid Markey
    Enid Markey
    • Princess Alexia
    Joseph J. Dowling
    Joseph J. Dowling
    • Col. Mason
    • (as Joe Dowling)
    Charles Edler
    Charles Edler
    • 'Coyote' Jones
    • (as Charles Elder)
    James O'Shea
    • James O'Malley
    Edward Sedgwick
    Edward Sedgwick
    • Robert Gilette
    Fritz von Hardenberg
    • Baron Maravitch
    • (as Count von Hardenberg)
    Edward Cecil
    • Count Vortsky
    Tom Wilson
    Tom Wilson
    • George Washington Brown
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      • Richard Stanton
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      • Ralph Spence
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    • Trivia
      Then U.S. Federal Trade Commission made a formal complaint against William Fox, charging selling old pictures as new "tended to injure the reputation of the exhibitors and cause them to lose the good will of the public."
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      Edited from The Yankee Way (1917)

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      • August 1920 (United States)
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