The Lyons Mail (1916 film)
The Lyons Mail is a 1916 British silent film based on the 1877 play The Lyons Mail by Charles Reade, a very popular stage work of the Victorian era. A respectable French gentleman is mistaken for his doppelganger, a notorious highwaymen.
| The Lyons Mail | |
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| Directed by | Fred Paul |
| Produced by | Ideal Film Company |
| Screenplay by | Benedict James |
| Based on | The Courier of Lyons by Charles Reade |
| Starring | H.B. Irving Nancy Price Harry Welchman James Lindsay |
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| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | Silent film English intertitles |
It was made by the Ideal Film Company, one of the leading British silent film studios. It should not be confused with a later sound version The Lyons Mail released in 1931 by Twickenham Studios. It was released in the United States in 1919.
Cast
- H.B. Irving as Lesurques / Dubosc
- Nancy Price as Janette
- Harry Welchman as Andre
- James Lindsay as Courriot
- Tom Reynolds as Founiard
- Windham Guise as Choppard
- Nelson J. Ramsay as Durochat
- Violet Campbell as Julie
- Alfred Brydone as Jerome Lesurques
- Charles Vane
- Teddy Arundell
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External links
- The Lyons Mail on IMDb
- The Lyons Mail at BFI Film & TV Database
- The Lyons Mail at Silent Era
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