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RUNTIME
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Tight 50-minute runtime — shorter than most television pilots.
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The Great Redeemer
1920 0h 50m EN
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10.0
MASTERPIECE
★10.0TMDB · 1
Drama
Synopsis
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A murderer and a thief, imprisoned together, find their lives changed forever when the thief's drawing of Christ's crucifixion on the cell wall comes to life.
“Some stories are better left unspoiled.”
Cast
House Peters
Dan Malloy
Marjorie Daw
The Girl
Jack McDonald
The Sheirff
Joseph Singleton
The Murderer
John Gilbert
(uncredited)
Credits
Behind the camera
- Director
- Maurice Tourneur
- Writers
- H.H. Van Loan
- Countries
- United States of America
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Cinephile deep dive
The take
Maurice Tourneur directs. Charles Van Enger behind the camera. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Produced in United States of America.
Trivia
Things worth knowing
- 1Tight 50-minute runtime — shorter than most television pilots.
- 2106 years old — a genuine piece of film history.
- 3Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.
- 4Directed by Maurice Tourneur, shot by Charles Van Enger. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
- 5House Peters and Marjorie Daw and Jack McDonald carry the top of the cast.
- 6IMDB entry: tt0011246 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
- 7Only 1 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.
The technical file
- Cinematography
- Charles Van Enger
- Runtime
- 50 min · 0h 50m
- Status
- Released
- Original language
- EN
Also by
Maurice Tourneur
Production companies
Who made it
- MA
Maurice Tourneur Productions
Metro Pictures Corporation
US
Key crew
- AdaptationJohn Gilbert
- Art DirectionFloyd Mueller
- ProducerMaurice Tourneur
- AdaptationJules Furthman
Release history · US
When it landed
- Theatrical1920-10-24
