The Long Arm of Mannister

Nov 15, 1919

0h 53m

★ 0.0

Overview

Walking aimlessly in the desert, crazed by thirst and hunger, Lucy Mannister and Gaston Sinclair are overtaken by her husband George, who has pursued them around the world.

Genres

Drama

Production Companies

National Film Corporation of America

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Cast

George Mannister

Henry B. Walthall

Sylvia De La Mere

Helene Chadwick

Oliver Hambledon

William Clifford

Lucy Mannister

Olive Ann Alcorn

Mortimer Treheern

Charles Wheelock

John Dyack

John Cossar

Leroy Pulsifer

Barney Furey

Gaston Sinclair

Hallam Cooley

Edward Slayden

Matthew Biddulph

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