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The Paliser Case

The Paliser Case

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The Paliser Case

1920

0h 50m

8.0(1 votes)

Drama

Mystery

Overview

A young woman consents to a bad marriage to an unscrupulous man in order to save her father from ruin. When her marriage is disrupted by a murder, three different people confess to it.

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10 featured cast members

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Pauline Frederick

Pauline Frederick

Cassy Cara

Alan Roscoe

Alan Roscoe

Lennox

James Neill

James Neill

Cara

Kate Lester

Kate Lester

Mrs. Austen

Hazel Brennon

Margaret Austen

Warburton Gamble

Warburton Gamble

Monty Paliser

Alec B. Francis

Alec B. Francis

Paliser Sr.

A. Edward Sutherland

A. Edward Sutherland

JackMenzies

Tom Ricketts

Tom Ricketts

Major Archie Phipps

Virginia Foltz

Virginia Foltz

Mrs. Colquhuon

Creative team

Directed by: William Parke
Written by: Edgar Saltus
Edfrid A. Bingham

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