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High Stakes (1918)

High Stakes poster
Directed by
Arthur Hoyt
Genre
silent film, crime film
Country
United States
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A silent crime film set in a dangerous world of gambling and moral risk. A man finds himself caught up in high-stakes situations that test his loyalties and principles.

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What happens

High Stakes è un film muto del 1918 diretto da Arthur Hoyt sotto la supervisione di H.O. Davis. La sceneggiatura si basa sul racconto omonimo di Andrew Soutar pubblicato sul Red Book Magazine nell'ottobre 1917. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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