form y separately published work icon The Life Story of John Lee ; Or, The Man They Couldn't Hang single work   film/TV   crime  
Alternative title: The Man They Couldn't Hang
Issue Details: First known date: 1912... 1912 The Life Story of John Lee ; Or, The Man They Couldn't Hang
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Film Details - 1912

Producers:

Philip Lytton

Director of Photography:

Herbert Finlay.

Cast:

Mervyn Barrington played the title role of John Lee.

Other actors included Fred Cope, Robert Henry, Edna Phillips, and Robert Scott.


Notes:

Lytton was unenthusiastic about the film, and passed distribution rights to Arthur Sterry who, with his partner Frederick Haldane, toured the film through Australia, New Zealand, and England.
The film had a budget of £300 and was estimated to have made £50,000 before 1921.

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    United Kingdom (UK),
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    Western Europe, Europe,
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