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The Altar Stairs
(1922) United States of America
B&W : Five reels / 4641 feet
Directed by Lambert Hillyer

Cast: Frank Mayo [Rod McLean], Louise Lorraine [Joie Malet], Lawrence Hughes [Tony Heritage], J.J. Lanoe [Captain Jean Malet], Harry De Vere [Blundell], Hugh Thompson [John Strickland], Boris Karloff [Hugo], Dagmar Godowsky [Parete], Nick De Ruiz [Tulli]

Universal Pictures Corporation production; distributed by Universal Pictures Corporation. / Scenario by George Hively, Doris Schroeder and George Randolph Chester, from the novel The Altar Stairs by G.B. Lancaster. Cinematography by Dwight Warren. Presented by Carl Laemmle. / © 13 November 1922 by [?] The Universal Film Manufacturing Company, Incorporated, or Universal Pictures Corporation? [LP18414]. Released 4 December 1922. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format.

Drama: Crime.

Survival status: (unknown)

Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].

Listing updated: 16 October 2011.

References: Hirschhorn-Universal p. 39; Katchmer-Eighty p. 633; Sherwood-Best p. 155 : Website-AFI.