The Drag Net

The Drag Net
Directed by Josef von Sternberg
Produced by Adolph Zukor
Jesse Lasky
Written by Oliver H. P. Garrett(story:Nightstick)
Jules Furthman(scenario)
Charles Furthman(scenario)
Starring George Bancroft
Evelyn Brent
Cinematography Harold Rosson
Editing by Helen Lewis
Distributed by Paramount Pictures
Release date(s) May 26, 1928
Running time 8 reels
Country United States
Language Silent film(English intertitles)

The Drag Net [sometimes The Dragnet] is a 1928 silent film crime drama produced by Famous Players-Lasky and distributed by Paramount Pictures. It was directed by Josef von Sternberg from an original screen story and starred George Bancroft and Evelyn Brent.[1] The director and the two lead actors following on the heels of their 1927 gangster film success Underworld. This film is lost.[2][3]

Cast

References

  1. ^ "The Dragnet". NY Times. http://movies.nytimes.com/movie/89963/The-Dragnet/overview. Retrieved 2011-09-25. 
  2. ^ The Drag Net at silentera.com database
  3. ^ The American Film Institute Catalog Feature Films: 1921-30 by The American Film Institute c.1971

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