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RUNTIME
Did you know
Tight 57-minute runtime — shorter than most television pilots.
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Cast
Ricardo Cortez
Agent X-9
Eugenia Gilbert
Peg Hewlett
Jack Baston
Sidney
Tom Dugan
Rollins
Blue Washington
Eli
Lillian Leighton
Silly McShane
William Scott
'Society Charlie'
John Steppling
Claridge
Credits
Behind the camera
- Director
- Walter Lang
- Writers
- Marion Orth
- Languages
- No Language
- Countries
- United States of America
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Cinephile deep dive
The take
Walter Lang directs. J.O. Taylor behind the camera. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Produced in United States of America. Dialogue in No Language.
Trivia
Things worth knowing
- 1Tight 57-minute runtime — shorter than most television pilots.
- 299 years old — a genuine piece of film history.
- 3Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.
- 4Directed by Walter Lang, shot by J.O. Taylor. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
- 5Ricardo Cortez and Eugenia Gilbert and Jack Baston carry the top of the cast.
- 6IMDB entry: tt0017723 — 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
- J.O. Taylor
- Runtime
- 57 min · 0h 57m
- Status
- Released
- Original language
- EN
Also by
Walter Lang
Production companies
Who made it
Columbia Pictures
US
Key crew
- ProducerHarry Cohn
- Art DirectionRobert E. Lee
- Assistant DirectorCliff Saum
Release history · US
When it landed
- Theatrical1927-09-15
