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Brass Commandments
(1923) United States of America
B&W : Five reels / 4829 feet
Directed by Lynn F. Reynolds (Lynn Reynolds)

Cast: William Farnum [Stephen ‘Flash’ Lanning], Wanda Hawley [Gloria Hallowell], Tom Santschi [Campan], Claire Adams [Ellen Bosworth], Charles Le Moyne [Dave De Vake], Joe Rickson [Tularosa], Lon Poff [Slim Lally], Al Fremont [Bill Perrin], Joseph Gordon [Clearwater], Cap Anderson [Bannock]

Fox Film Corporation production; distributed by Fox Film Corporation. / Scenario by Charles Kenyon, from the novel The Brass Commandments by Charles Alden Seltzer. Cinematography by Dev Jennings. Presented by William Fox. / © 28 January 1923 by Fox Film Corporation [LP19033]. Released 28 January 1923. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format. / The novel was subsequently filmed as Chain Lightning (1927).

Drama: Western.

Survival status: (unknown)

Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].

Listing updated: 19 May 2012.

References: Sherwood-Best p. 157; Weaver-Twenty p. 27 : Website-AFI.