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The Broken Law
(1915) United States of America
B&W : Five reels
Directed by Oscar C. Apfel

Cast: William Farnum [Daniel Esmond, later known as Lavengro], Dorothy Bernard [Ursula], Mary Martin [Isobel Berner], Bertram Marburgh [Anselo], Richard Neill [Gaspar], Nicholas Dunaeu (Nicholas Dunaew) [Gorgiko], Lyster Chambers [Lord Duncan], Christine Mayo [Fannie], Aubrey Beattie [Berner], Edward Hoyt [Esmond Sr.]

Fox Film Corporation production; distributed by Fox Film Corporation. / Scenario by Monte M. Katterjohn and and Oscar C. Apfel, from a screen story by Oscar C. Apfel. Presented by William Fox. / Premiered 21 November 1915 in New York, New York. Released 22 November 1915. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format. / The film was rereleased in the USA on 19 January 1919.

Drama.

Survival status: (unknown)

Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].

Listing updated: 8 May 2020.

References: Tarbox-Lost pp. 219, 253 : Website-IMDb.