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The Toilers

Mar 1, 1919

0h 50m

★ 6.0

Overview

British romantic drama film starring Ronald Colman as a young man who leaves behind his family and girl in a Cornish fishing village to seek his fortune in London. Two of five reels survive.

Genres

Drama

Romance

Production Companies

Diamond Super Ltd

The Toilers Trailers

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Cast

Bob

Ronald Colman

Jack (as a child)

Eric Barker

Rose

Manora Thew

Jack

George Dewhurst

Mother

Gwynne Herbert

Lighthouse Keeper

John Corrie

Merchant's Daughter

Mollie Terraine

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0.0

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4.5

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0.0

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0.0

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1.0

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5.0

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8.1

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