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Duds (1920)

Duds poster
Directed by
Thomas R. Mills
Genre
silent film, mystery film
Country
United States
Runtime
50 min
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A man gets involved in a mystery that unfolds through hidden identities and suspicious events. The story comes from a popular magazine story and novel from the same time.

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What happens

Duds is a 1920 American silent mystery film directed by Thomas R. Mills, and starring Tom Moore, Naomi Childers, Christine Mayo, Edwin Stevens, Lionel Belmore, and Edwin Wallock. It is based on the Saturday Evening Post story of the same name by Henry C. Rowland, which became a novel shortly before the film was released. The film was released by Goldwyn Pictures on February 22, 1920. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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