Action ·War · United States of America · 1919 · 1h 16m

The False Faces

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Director
Irvin Willat
Cast
Henry B. Walthall as Michael Lanyard Lon Chaney as Karl Eckstrom Mary Anderson as Cecilia Brooke Milton Ross as Ralph Crane Thornton Edwards as Lt. Thackery William Bowman as Capt. Osborne
Crew
Louis Joseph Vance — Novel
Tagline

Another "Lone Wolf" story. Perils by the score! Thrills-loads and loads of them! Nuff said! See it and be convinced.

Synopsis

During World War I, a professional thief known as The Lone Wolf is assigned to steal a cylinder with important information from behind the German lines and bring it to Allied intelligence headquarters. However, German agents set out to stop him, headed by the man who was responsible for the death of the thief's sister.

Mood & Themes
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Key Collaborators
Irvin Willat Director Louis Joseph Vance Novel
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