Underplayed Gems
The whole movie catalogue

Films and series, searchable by what they are

← Back to the shop

Pallard the Punter (1919)

Pallard the Punter poster
Genre
drama film, silent film, crime film, sport film
Country
United Kingdom
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A man gets caught up in the schemes and risks of horse race betting. The story follows his involvement with others in that world.

old-fashionedstagedrestrainedmoodylow-keypensiveplot-driven

What happens

Pallard the Punter is a 1919 British silent sports crime film directed by J.L.V. Leigh and starring Jack Leigh, Heather Thatcher and Lionel d'Aragon. It was based on the 1913 novel Grey Timothy by Edgar Wallace, set in the world of horse racing. It was made by British Gaumont at Lime Grove Studios in Shepherd's Bush. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

More like this

This page is from Underplayed Gems. Not quite it? Tell the Catbot what you feel like watching and it picks from the whole catalogue, or browse by genre, country and year.

Lists: Korean thrillers worth the evening · Anime films beyond Studio Ghibli · Slow films for a rainy night · Horror that unsettles instead of startling · Series you can finish in a weekend · Nordic crime worth the subtitles · Good films that end in under 90 minutes · Documentaries that play like thrillers

Loading movies…

What should I watch?