The Lyons Mail (1916)
- Directed by
- Fred Paul
- Genre
- drama film, silent film, historical film
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
How it feels
A French gentleman is mistaken for his lookalike who is a famous highway robber. The story shows the trouble this confusion causes.
dramaticsuspensefulold-fashionedserioustenseclassicfast-paced
What happens
The Lyons Mail is a 1916 British silent film directed by Fred Paul and is based on the 1877 play The Lyons Mail by Charles Reade, a very popular stage work of the Victorian era. A respectable French gentleman is mistaken for his doppelganger, a notorious highwaymen. It was made by the Ideal Film Company, one of the leading British silent film studios. It should not be confused with a later sound version The Lyons Mail released in 1931 by Twickenham Studios. It was released in the United States in 1919. Only the first quarter of the film survives. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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