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The Swindler is a film of genre Drama directed by Maurice Elvey with Cecil Humphreys

The Swindler (1919)

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The Swindler is a 1919 British silent drama film directed by Maurice Elvey and starring Cecil Humphreys, Marjorie Hume and Neville Percy. It was based on a novel by Ethel M. Dell.



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Actors

Cecil Humphreys

(Nat Verney)Marjorie Hume

(Cynthia Mortimer)
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