The Grip of Iron | |
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Directed by | Bert Haldane |
Written by | Adolphe Belot (novel) Arthur Shirley (play) |
Produced by | G.B. Samuelson |
Starring | George Foley Malvina Longfellow James Lindsay |
Production company | Famous Pictures |
Distributed by | GFD |
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Country | United Kingdom |
Languages | Silent 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.