Captain Swift is a 1920 American silent drama film directed by Tom Terriss and Chester Bennett and starring Earle Williams, Florence Dixon and Edward Martindel. It is based on the 1888 play of the same title by C. Haddon Chambers.[1]

Captain Swift
Directed byTom Terriss
Chester Bennett
Written byLucien Hubbard
Based onCaptin Swift by C. Haddon Chambers
StarringEarle Williams
Florence Dixon
Edward Martindel
CinematographyCharles J. Davis
Jack MacKenzie
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Distributed byVitagraph Company of America
Release date
  • April 1920 (1920-04)
Running time
50 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguagesSilent
English intertitles

Plot

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A notorious Australian outlaw manages to escape with the law close on his heels and heads to England where he lives under an assumed name, and becomes a fixture in London's high society.

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References

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  1. ^ Goble p.704

Bibliography

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  • Goble, Alan. The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film. Walter de Gruyter, 1999.
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