Angel Esquire

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Angel Esquire
Directed byW.P. Kellino
Written byEdgar Wallace (novel)
George Pearson
StarringAurelio Sidney
Gertrude McCoy
Dick Webb
Cecil del Gue
CinematographyA. St. Aubyn Brown
Production
company
Gaumont British Picture Corporation
Distributed byGaumont British Distributors
Release date
  • November 1919 (1919-11)
Running time
5 reels[1]
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguagesSilent
English intertitles

Angel Esquire is a 1919 British silent crime film directed by W.P. Kellino and starring Aurelio Sidney, Gertrude McCoy and Dick Webb. It is based on the 1908 novel Angel Esquire by Edgar Wallace, which was later turned into a 1964 German film The Curse of the Hidden Vault.

Premise[]

A millionaire leaves his fortune to whoever can discover the combination to unlock his safe.

Cast[]

  • Aurelio Sidney as Jimmy
  • Gertrude McCoy as Kathleen Kent
  • Dick Webb as Angel
  • W.T. Ellwanger as Spedding
  • George Traill as Connor
  • Cecil del Gue as Reale
  • Florence Nelson as Mrs. Reale

References[]

  1. ^ Low p.330

Bibliography[]

  • Low, Rachael. History of the British Film, 1918–1929. George Allen & Unwin, 1971.


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