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The Third Degree
(1919) United States of America
B&W : [?] Six or Seven? reels
Directed by Tom Terriss

Cast: Alice Joyce [Annie Sands], Gladden James [Howard Jeffries Jr.], Anders Randolf [Howard Jeffries Sr.], Hedda Hopper [Mrs. Howard Jeffries Sr.], Herbert Evans [Robert Underwood], George Backus [Richard Brewster], John P. Wade [Doctor Thompson], L. Rogers Lytton [Captain Clinton], Edward McGuire [Sergeant Maloney]

The Vitagraph Company of America production; distributed by The Vitagraph Company of America. / Scenario by Phil Lang and Eugene Mullin, from the play The Third Degree by Charles Klein. Scenario editors, George Randolph Chester and Mrs. George Randolph Chester. / Cinematography by Joe Shelderfer. / © 12 May 1919 by The Vitagraph Company of America [LP13712]. Released 19 May 1919. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format. / The play was previously filmed as The Third Degree (1913). The play was subsequently filmed as The Third Degree (1926).

Drama.

Survival status: The film is presumed lost.

Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].

Listing updated: 2 December 2023.

References: Website-AFI; Website-ASFFDb.