The False Faces

The False Faces (1919)

Another "Lone Wolf" story. Perils by the score! Thrills-loads and loads of them! Nuff said! See it and be convinced.

During World War I, a professional thief known as The Lone Wolf is assigned to steal a cylinder with important information from behind the German lines and bring it to Allied intelligence headquarters. However, German agents set out to stop him, headed by the man who was responsible for the death of the thief's sister.

Date of release
1919-02-15
TMDB
5.3 / 10 (7)
Runtime
1h 16m
Genres
Action, War
Director
Irvin Willat
Collection
Lone Wolf Collection

Casting

Interesting facts

The False Faces is a 1919 American silent action film written and directed by Irvin Willat, based on the novel by Louis Joseph Vance, and starring Henry B. Walthall as Michael Lanyard, the "Lone Wolf," and Lon Chaney as Karl Ekstrom, the villain. A complete print of the film survives at the George Eastman House and at the Turner Film Library. It was thought to be lost for years, but was later found and somewhat restored. Director Willat was originally to have shared co-directing chores with Jerome Storm, but when the film's production was moved back from August to October, he ended up being the sole director.

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