The Grip of Iron
Directed byBert Haldane
Written byAdolphe Belot (novel)
Arthur Shirley (play)
Produced byG.B. Samuelson
StarringGeorge Foley
Malvina Longfellow
James Lindsay
Production
company
Famous Pictures
Distributed byGFD
Release date
  • January 1920 (1920-01)
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguagesSilent
English intertitles

The Grip of Iron is a 1920 British silent crime film directed by Bert Haldane and starring George Foley, Malvina Longfellow and James Lindsay.[1] It was based on a play of the same title by Arthur Shirley, which was in turn based on a novel by Adolphe Belot. A Parisian lawyer's clerk robs and strangles a series of victims in order to fund his daughter's extravagant lifestyle.

Cast

References

  1. Low p.377

Bibliography

  • Low, Rachael. History of the British Film, 1918-1929. George Allen & Unwin, 1971.


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