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The Wrong Poison
(1903) England
B&W : 160 feet
Directed by (unknown)

Cast: (unknown)

Williamson Films production; distributed by Williamson Films? / Produced by James Williamson. / Released July 1903. / [?] 35mm spherical format? / Williamson film number 232.

Synopsis: A potential suicide finds a bottle labelled as poison, but gets drunk on gin instead.

[?] Comedy?

Survival status: The film is presumed lost.

Current rights holder: (unknown)

Listing updated: 28 May 2018.

References: Gifford-British n. 00662; Sopocy-Williamson p. 253; Warren-British p. ?.