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Boomerang Bill (1922)

Boomerang Bill poster
Directed by
Tom Terriss
Genre
drama film, silent film, crime film
Country
United States
Runtime
1h
Rated
NR
Rating
4.5 of 10 from 2 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A criminal known as Boston Blackie tries to go straight but his past pulls him back into trouble. This silent crime film follows his struggle to escape a life of crime.

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What happens

Boomerang Bill is an extant 1922 American silent crime melodrama film produced by Cosmopolitan Productions and distributed through Paramount Pictures. Adapted from a Boston Blackie short story by Jack Boyle, it was directed by Tom Terriss and stars veteran actor Lionel Barrymore. It is preserved incomplete at the Library of Congress and George Eastman Museum. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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