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The House of Peril (1922)

The House of Peril poster
Directed by
Kenelm Foss
Genre
drama film
Country
United Kingdom
Rating
10.0 of 10 from 1 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A wealthy widow goes to a French gambling resort. She meets various characters there.

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What happens

The House of Peril is a 1922 British silent drama film directed by Kenelm Foss and starring Fay Compton, Roy Travers, Flora le Breton and A.B. Imeson. It is an adaptation of the 1912 novel The Chink in the Armour by Marie Belloc Lowndes and the subsequent stage play adaptation by Horace Annesley Vachell. The film follows Sylvia Bailey, a wealthy widow who travels to a French gambling resort where she encounters assorted characters. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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