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The Amateur Gentleman is a British film of genre Drama directed by Maurice Elvey with Langhorn Burton

The Amateur Gentleman (1920)

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Genres Drama

The Amateur Gentleman is a 1920 British drama film directed by Maurice Elvey and starring Langhorn Burton, Madge Stuart and Cecil Humphreys. The film is adapted from the 1913 novel The Amateur Gentleman by Jeffrey Farnol.

Story filmed again in 1926 as The Amateur Gentleman starring Richard Barthelmess and in 1936 as The Amateur Gentleman starring Douglas Fairbanks, Jr..

Synopsis

In Regency Britain a young man tries to establish his father's innocence of an accused crime, by travelling to London disguised as a gentleman.

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Langhorn Burton
Cecil Humphreys
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