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| A Perfect Crime | |
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| Directed by | Allan Dwan |
| Screenplay by | Allan Dwan |
| Story by | Carl Clausen |
| Based on | "The Perfect Crime", short story in The Saturday Evening Post |
| Produced by | Allan Dwan Mack Sennett |
| Starring | Monte Blue Jacqueline Logan Stanton Heck Hardee Kirkland Carole Lombard |
| Cinematography | H. Lyman Broening |
Production company | Allan Dwan Productions |
| Distributed by | Associated Producers |
Release date |
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Running time | 5 reels |
| Country | United States |
| Language | Silent (English intertitles) |
A Perfect Crime is a 1921 American silent comedy-drama film directed by Allan Dwan and starring Monte Blue, Jacqueline Logan, Stanton Heck, Hardee Kirkland, and Carole Lombard. It was Logan and Lombard's feature film debut. Lombard was credited as Jane Peters at the time.[1] It is not known whether the film survives, which suggests it may be lost.[2][3]
Based on a short story published in The Saturday Evening Post on September 25, 1920, by Carl Clausen, the movie concerns the life of bank messenger Wally Griggs and his wastly different alter ego James Brown.[4]
- ^ Gehring 2003, p. 28.
- ^ "Silent Era : Progressive Silent Film List". www.silentera.com. Retrieved November 13, 2024.
- ^ "A Perfect Crime / Allan Dwan [motion picture]". Library of Congress. January 5, 2017. Archived from the original on March 21, 2023.
- ^ "A Perfect Crime (1921)". AFI Catalog of Feature Films. Retrieved November 14, 2024.