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One Hour Before Dawn
(1920) United States of America
B&W : Five reels / 4696 feet
Directed by Henry King

Cast: H.B. Warner [George Clayton], Anna Q. Nilsson [Ellen Aldrich], Augustus Phillips [Bob Manning], Frank Leigh [Norman Osgood], Howard Davies [Harrison Kirke], Adele Farrington [Mrs. Farrington], Lillian Rich [Dorothy], Dorothy Hagan [Mrs. Copeland], Thomas Guise [Judge Copeland], Ralph McCullough [Fred Aldrich], Edward Burns (Edmond Burns) [Arthur], Wilton Taylor [Inspector Steele]

Jesse D. Hampton Productions production; distributed by Pathé Exchange, Incorporated. / Scenario by Fred Myton [?] + [Frank Leon Smith]?, from the novel Behind Red Curtains by Mansfield Scott. Cinematography by Victor Milner. Presented by Jesse D. Hampton. / © 29 June 1920 by Pathé Exchange, Incorporated [LU15302]. Released [?] 11 July or 1 August? 1920. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format. / Working title: Behind Red Curtains.

Drama: Mystery.

Synopsis: Synopsis available in AFI-F1 n. F1.3251.

Survival status: Print exists in the Centre National du Cinéma et de l’image animée [CNC] film archive.

Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].

Listing updated: 22 May 2024.

References: AFI-F1 n. F1.3251; Weaver-Twenty p. 452 : Website-AFI; Website-ASFFDb; Website-IMDb.