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The Drag Net is a american film of genre Drama directed by Josef von Sternberg released in USA on 1 may 1928 with Evelyn Brent
The Drag Net (1928)
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Add to a movie listReleased in USA 1 may 1928
Length 1h20
Directed by Josef von Sternberg
OriginUSA
Themes Gangster films
Rating22%
The Drag Net, also known as The Dragnet, is a 1928 silent film crime drama produced by Famous Players-Lasky and distributed by Paramount Pictures, directed by Josef von Sternberg from an original screen story and starring George Bancroft and Evelyn Brent.
This film is now considered a lost film.
^ "The Dragnet". NY Times. Retrieved 2011-09-25.
^ The Drag Net at silentera.com database
^ The American Film Institute Catalog Feature Films: 1921-30 by The American Film Institute c.1971
^ The Library of Congress American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog: The Dragnet
^ The Drag Net at TheGreatStars.com; Lost Films Wanted
Actors
Evelyn Brent
(The Magpie)
George Bancroft
(Two-Gun Nolan)
William Powell
(Dapper Frank Trent)
Fred Kohler
('Gabby' Steve)
Francis McDonald
(Sniper Dawson)
Leslie Fenton
(Shakespeare)
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