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The Four Just Men (1921)

The Four Just Men poster
Directed by
George Ridgwell
Genre
silent film, crime film
Country
United Kingdom
Runtime
1h 15m
Rating
9.0 of 10 from 1 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

Four men take the law into their own hands to punish criminals. They target those who have escaped justice in the public eye.

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What happens

The Four Just Men is a 1921 British silent crime film directed by George Ridgwell and starring Cecil Humphreys, Teddy Arundell and Charles Croker-King. It was based on the 1905 novel The Four Just Men by Edgar Wallace. The film still survives unlike many other silent films of the era which are now considered lost. Its plot concerns four vigilantes who seek revenge for the public against criminals. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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