Name the Man

Name the Man

1924 · 80 min · ★ 9.0 · Drama

Victor Stowell, son of the deemster of the Isle of Man, is engaged to Fenella Stanley. He becomes involved in an intrigue with local girl Bessie Collister, becomes the deemster on his father's death, and is forced to try Bessie for killing her illegitimate child.

Directed by Victor Sjöström · Written by Paul Bern

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