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A Perilous Leap
Also known as {The Perilous Leap}
(1917) United States of America
B&W : Three reels
Directed by James Davis (J. Gunnis Davis)

Cast: Helen Gibson [Effie Shannon], Orin C. Jackson [Joe Mead], George Williams [Mr. Shannon, Effie’s father], George Routh [Pete Larkins], Val Paul [Ned Donnelly]

The Universal Film Manufacturing Company, Incorporated, production; distributed by The Universal Film Manufacturing Company, Incorporated [Universal Gold Seal]. / Scenario by George Hively, from a screen story by T. Shelley Sutton. / © 31 August 1917 by The Universal Film Manufacturing Company, Incorporated. Released 11 September 1917. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format. / The film was rereleased in the USA in two reels by Universal Pictures Corporation on 8 December 1923.

Drama.

Survival status: (unknown)

Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].

Listing updated: 5 January 2025.

References: ClasIm-226 p. 41 : Website-IMDb.

 
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