The Copperhead (1920)
Sneered at, hated, falsely convicted of murder, he uttered never a word.
A farmer in Illinois played by Lionel Barrymore is recruited by Abraham Lincoln to pose as a copperhead during the Civil War.
- Date of release
- 1920-01-25
- TMDB
- 7.0 / 10 (3)
- Runtime
- 1h 10m
- Genres
- Drama
- Director
- Charles Maigne
Casting
- Lionel Barrymore — Milt Shanks
- William P. Carleton — Lieutenant Tom Hardy
- Arthur Rankin — Joey
- Jack Ridgeway — Theodore Roosevelt
- Doris Rankin — Mrs. Shanks
- Francis Joyner — Newt Gillespie
- Richard Carlyle — Lem Tollard
- Leslie Stowe — Brother Andrew
- N. Schroell — Abraham Lincoln
Interesting facts
The Copperhead is a 1920 American silent historical drama film based on a novel by Frederick Landis and the 1918 play by Augustus Thomas adapted from it. The star of this film is Lionel Barrymore who won acclaim in the play version on Broadway, and who appeared in the play and this film with his first wife Doris Rankin. A print of this film has been screened in recent years.
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