Crooked Streets
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Gail Ellis, a secretary, accompanies Professor Silas Griswold and his wife to China on an expedition to acquire antique vases. Curiosity draws her to the Shanghai slums where, unknown to Gail, her driver is participating in a scheme to abduct her. Gail escapes, but in the process is accosted by drunken sailors. Luckily, Rupert O'Dare, a young Englishman, is nearby and rescues Gail. He escorts her back to the hotel where he discloses his identity as a British secret service agent and proceeds to arrest the Griswolds for smuggling opium in antique vases. Gail then reveals herself as a member of the United States Secret Service and the two agents fall in love.
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Cast
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Ethel Clayton
Gail Ellis
Also in
Stolen Hours
Young Mrs. Winthrop
Jack Holt
Rupert O'Dare
Known for
Cat People
They Were Expendable
Paul Powell
Edith M. Kennedy
Clyde Fillmore
Lawrence Griswold
Known for
The More the Merrier
The Shanghai Gesture
Samuel Merwin
Clarence Geldart
Silas Griswold
Known for
A Woman of Paris: A Drama of Fate
Josephine Crowell
Mrs. Griswold
Known for
The Birth of a Nation
The Man Who Laughs
Fred Starr
Also in
The Poppy Girl's Husband
Vive la France!
Paul Powell Director · Edith M. Kennedy Writer Samuel Merwin Writer
United States release August 8, 1920 · Produced in United States · Production Paramount-Artcraft Pictures
Production
Famous Players-Lasky Corporation
Production
Paramount-Artcraft Pictures
Production
United States
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Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
No dialogue
Release dates
United States · August 8, 1920
Theatrical
Finland
January 4, 1923
France
March 31, 1922
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