Secret Service is a lost[1] 1919 American silent American Civil War drama film starring Robert Warwick and directed by Hugh Ford. It was produced by Famous Players–Lasky and distributed by Paramount Pictures.[2][3] Based on the play Secret Service by William Gillette (New York, 5 Oct 1896), it was remade as a talking picture by RKO in 1931.
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| Directed by | Hugh Ford Joe Boyle (assistant director) |
| Written by | Beulah Marie Dix (scenario) |
| Based on | Secret Service (play) by William Gillette |
| Produced by | Adolph Zukor Jesse Lasky |
| Starring | Robert Warwick Wanda Hawley |
| Cinematography | William Marshall |
| Distributed by | Paramount Pictures |
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Running time | 60 minutes; 6 reels |
| Country | United States |
| Language | Silent (English intertitles) |
One of the story’s chief plot twists is referenced in the 1923 short story "Devil Cat", featuring Carroll John Daly’s hard boiled detective Race Williams.
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- Robert Warwick as Major Lewis K. Dumont
- Wanda Hawley as Edith Varney
- Theodore Roberts as General Harrison Randolph
- Edythe Chapman as Mrs. Varney
- Raymond Hatton as Lt. Howard Varney
- Casson Ferguson as Wilfred Varney
- Robert Cain as Captain Henry Dumont
- Irving Cummings as Benton Arrelsford
- Guy Oliver as Jonas
- Lillian Leighton as Martha
- Stanley Wheatcroft as Lt. Maxwell (*Stanhope Wheatcroft)
- Shirley Mason as Caroline Mitford
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