A growing source of silent era film information. This listing is from The Progressive Silent Film List by Carl Bennett. Copyright © 1999-2025 by Carl Bennett and the Silent Era Company. All Rights Reserved.

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The False Road
(1920) United States of America
B&W : Six reels / 5849 feet
Directed by Fred Niblo

Cast: Enid Bennett [Betty Palmer], Lloyd Hughes [‘Pickpocket’ Roger Moran], Wade Boteler [‘Sapphire’ Mike Wilson], Lucille Young [‘Frisco’ Minnie], Charles Smiley [Joshua Starbuck], Edith Yorke [Mother Starbuck], Gordon Mullen [the crook chauffeur]

[?] Thomas H. Ince, Incorporated, or Thomas H. Ince Productions, Incorporated? production; distributed by Famous Players-Lasky Corporation through Paramount Pictures Corporation. / Produced by Thomas H. Ince. Scenario by C. Gardner Sullivan, from a screen story by C. Gardner Sullivan. Production supervision by Thomas H. Ince. Cinematography by George Barnes. / © 9 March 1920 by Thomas H. Ince, Incorporated [LP14890]. Released 18 April 1920. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format. / Working title: The Man in the Moon.

Drama: Crime.

Survival status: Print exists.

Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].

Listing updated: 7 August 2025.

References: Website-AFI; Website-IMDb.

Home video: Blu-ray Disc, DVD.