The Sword of Damocles (1920)

- Directed by
- George Ridgwell
- Genre
- silent film, crime film
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Elsewhere
- IMDb

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How it feels
A silent film from 1920 about a person facing a looming threat or consequence. The story follows characters caught in a high-stakes situation.
old-fashionedserioustensedramaticstagedclear-cut
What happens
The Sword of Damocles is a 1920 British silent drama film directed by George Ridgwell and starring José Collins, H. V. Esmond and Claude Fleming. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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