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The Great Accident
(1920) United States of America
B&W : Six reels / 5613 feet
Directed by Harry Beaumont

Cast: Tom Moore [Wint Chase], Jane Novak [Joan Caretall], Andrew Robson [Winthrop Chase], Willard Louis [Amos Caretall], Lillian Langdon [Mrs. Winthrop Chase], Ann Forrest [Hetty Morfee], Philo McCullough [Jack Routt], Otto Hoffman [V.R. Kite], Roy Laidlaw [Peter Gergeu], Edward McWade [Williams], Don Bailey [the sheriff], Lefty Flynn (Maurice ‘Lefty’ Flynn) [Sam O’Brien]

Goldwyn Pictures Corporation production; distributed by Goldwyn Distributing Corporation [A Goldwyn Picture]. / Scenario by Edfrid A. Bingham, from the novel The Great Accident by Ben Ames Williams. Cinematography by Norbert Brodin (Norbert Brodine). Presented by Samuel Goldwyn. / © 4 June 1920 by Goldwyn Pictures Corporation [LP15216]. Released June 1920. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format.

Drama.

Survival status: The film is presumed lost.

Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].

Listing updated: 15 January 2024.

References: Website-AFI; Website-ASFFDb; Website-IMDb.