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A still from the film published in Punch, 16 May 1918, p.19 (via Trove Australia)
form y separately published work icon His Only Chance single work   film/TV  
Issue Details: First known date: 1918... 1918 His Only Chance
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Film Details - Amalgamated Pictures , 1918

Production Companies:

J.C. Williamson's.

Cast:

Performed largely by a cast of amateurs. The script-writer, Captain Conant, played the role of the German spy. The hero, Norman, was played by Captain Newmarsh. According to contemporary newspapers,

In the working out of the plot, which embraced a horse race, night club and a ball a large cast assisted, including Sir Henry Parker, Dr. F. Noyes, Captain Clifford, Dr. Croom, Messrs. A. P. Case, H. Taylor, G. Butler, J. Baillieu, T. Foster, D. Browne, G. Brown, C. Cook, P. Finkelstein, J. Cannot, R. Seaton, B. Mackinnon, G. Routledge, F. Musgrave, L. Herron, K. Tolhurst, .P. .IHutchinson and F. Hedland, Mesdames M. Gibbs and W. Cass, and Misses J. Foster, N. Payne, M. Baird, F. Allan, I. Caffyn, P. Walker, S. Saxton and H. Grice.

Source:

'His Only Chance', Leader, 25 May 1918, p.42.


Release Dates:

23 May 1918 (Australia).

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