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The Copperhead is a american film of genre Drama directed by Charles Maigne released in USA on 25 january 1920 with Lionel Barrymore

The Copperhead (1920)

The Copperhead
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Released in USA 25 january 1920
Directed by
OriginUSA
Genres Drama
Rating65% 3.266253.266253.266253.266253.26625

The Copperhead is a 1920 silent film historical drama based on a novel by Frederick Landis and a play by Augustus Thomas. The star of this film is Lionel Barrymore who won acclaim in the play version on Broadway, and who appeared in the play and this film with his first wife Doris Rankin. A print of this film has been screened in recent years.

Synopsis

At the beginning of the American Civil War Milt Shanks, who owns a farm in Illinois, is asked by President Abraham Lincoln to join the Copperheads, a clandestine quasi-political organization whose sentiments lie with the South. His family and friends unknowing of his mission call him a traitor.

Actors

Lionel Barrymore

(Milt Shanks)William P. Carleton

(Lieutenant Tom Hardy)Anne Cornwall

(Madeline)
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