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The Life Line (1919)

The Life Line poster
Directed by
Maurice Tourneur
Genre
drama film, silent film
Country
United States
Runtime
1h
Rating
7.0 of 10 from 1 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A man tries to help a woman caught up with dangerous criminals in the slums of London. The film follows their struggle to escape a life of crime and poverty.

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What happens

The Life Line is a 1919 American silent drama film directed by Maurice Tourneur and starring Jack Holt, Wallace Beery and Lew Cody. The picture was based on the play The Romany Rye by the British playwright George R. Sims. The film is set amongst criminal classes in the slums of London. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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