Miss 139 (1921)
Life in New York's Bohemian Quarters-A Band of International Crooks-The U.S. Secret Service.
France is being swamped by counterfeit bills that are being made by a ring in the US. A beautiful female member of the French gang circulating the bills negotiates a deal with the counterfeiters' ringleader in the US, and in so doing falls in love with a returning US soldier who has his own reasons for trying to destroy the gang.
- Date of release
- 1921-09-15
- TMDB
- 10.0 / 10 (1)
- Genres
- Crime, Drama
- Director
- B.A. Rolfe
Casting
- Diana Allen — Yvonne La Rue
- Marc McDermott — Prof. John Breede
- Eugene Strong — Capt. Marlowe
- E.J. Ratcliffe — Martin Cardine
- Tatjana Irrah — The squirrel
- Sally Crute — Vera Cardine
- John L. Shine — Prof. Apollo Cawber
- Gordon Standing — La Gendre
- James Ryan — Operative
Interesting facts
Miss 139 is a 1921 American silent crime drama film produced by A. H. Fischer and distributed by Jans Film Service and Sherman Productions Corporation. B. A. Rolfe was the director and Charles A. Logue wrote the story and the screenplay. Its Swedish-born star Diana Allen had been a Ziegfeld girl.
Production
Likely finished in 1920 but not released until the next year, the film was retitled as Amazing Lovers for its 1921 release.
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