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Wanted — A Coward
(1927) United States of America
B&W : Six reels / 5348 feet
Directed by Roy Clements

Cast: Lillian Rich [Isabell Purviance], Robert Frazer [Rupert Garland], Frank Brownlee [Adrian Purviance], James Gordon [‘Bull’ Harper], Frank Cooley [Bates], Harry S. Northrup (Harry Northrup) [Ortegas], Fred O’Beck [Stamboff], William Bertram [‘Slim’ Ellis], Mike Tellegen (Michael Tellegen)

Banner Productions, Incorporated, production; distributed by Sterling Pictures Distributing Corporation. / Produced by Roy Clements. Scenario by Vincent Starrett, from a screen story by Vincent Starrett. Presented by Banner Productions, Incorporated. / © 14 May 1927 by Sterling Pictures Distributing Corporation [LP23963]. Released 15 February 1927. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format. / Silent film.

Comedy-Drama: Mystery.

Survival status: Prints exist in the Library of Congress film archive [35mm nitrate positive, 35mm duplicate negative, 35mm acetate print].

Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].

Listing updated: 3 May 2024.

References: Film credits : Website-AFI; Website-ASFFDb; Website-IMDb.