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The Skin Game is a British film of genre Drama with Edmund Gwenn
The Skin Game (1921)
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Add to a movie listOriginUnited-kingdom
Genres Drama
The Skin Game (Dutch: Hard tegen hard) is a 1921 British-Dutch silent drama film directed by B. E. Doxat-Pratt.
Actors
Edmund Gwenn
(Hornblower)
Mary Clare
(Chloe Hornblower)
Helen Haye
(Mrs. Hillcrist)
Meggie Albanesi
(Jill Hillcrist)
Ivor Barnard
(Dawker)
Jack Hobbs
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