A growing source of silent era film information. This listing is from The Progressive Silent Film List by Carl Bennett. Copyright © 1999-2025 by Carl Bennett and the Silent Era Company. All Rights Reserved.

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Defying the Law
(1924) United States of America
B&W : Five reels
Directed by Bertram Bracken

Cast: Lew Cody [Pietro Savori], Renée Adorée [Lucia Brescia], Josef Swickard [Michelo Brescia], Charles ‘Buddy’ Post (Charles A. Post) [Francisco], Naldo Morelli [Guido Savori], Dick Sutherland [Luigi Bevani], James B. Leong [Doctor Chong Foo], Evelyn Adamson [Maria Baretto], Kathleen Chambers [Sylvia Baretto], Marguerite Kosik [Alicia Bevani]

William B. Brush Productions production; distributed on State Rights basis by Gotham Productions. / From a screen story by John T. Prince and Bertram Bracken. Cinematography by Gordon Pollock. Film editor, Leonard Wheeler. Intertitles written by Andrew Bennison. / © 15 April 1924 by Gotham Productions [LP20115]. Premiered 3 June 1924 in New York, New York. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format.

Drama.

Survival status: (unknown)

Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].

Keywords: Chinese-Americans - Crime: Kidnapping, Smuggling - Criminals - Fishermen - Italian-Americans

Listing updated: 1 January 2025.

References: McCaffrey-Guide p. 19 : Website-AFI; Website-IMDb.