A Scarlet Angel

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A Scarlet Angel

1922

1h 17m

8.5(2 votes)

Crime

Romance

Drama

Overview

The criminal couple Louise Kent and Charles Zukor stages a coup in the luxury restaurant Oriental. In the midst of a dance number goes suddenly all the lights out. In the confusion that arises one of the elegant guests is deprived of her jewelry.

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10 featured cast members

Starring

Gösta Ekman

Henry Warden

Pauline Brunius

Louise Kent

Karen Winther

Elsie Campbell

Vilhelm Bryde

Charles Zukor

Jenny Tschernichin-Larsson

Carl Browallius

Justus Hagman

Nils Lundell

Edvin Adolphson

Gerda Ström

Creative team

Directed by: John W. Brunius
Written by: John W. Brunius
Sam Ask

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