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City of Play

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City of Play - 1929 | 80 mins | Drama | B&W

The Production Team

Director: Denison Clift.
Producer: Michael Balcon.
Script: Denison Clift and Angus MacPhail.
Cinematography: Claude L. McDonnell.

The Cast

Patrick Aherne - Richard von Rolf
Chili Bouchier - Ariel
Lawson Butt - Tambourini
James Carew - General von Rolf
Leila Dresner - Zelah
Harold Huth - Arezzi
Olaf Hytten - Schulz

Plot Synopsis

Tambourini (Lawson Butt), a circus showman, has a pretty young trapeze artist called Ariel (Dorothy Bouchier) under his hypnotic power. A young officer tries to free the girl from his influence, but is shot and wounded by his adversary, who is finally killed by a snake unleashed by his discarded mistress.