Captain Swift

Captain Swift
Directed by	Tom Terriss Chester Bennett
Written by	Lucien Hubbard
Based on	Captain Swift by C. Haddon Chambers
Starring	Earle Williams Florence Dixon Edward Martindel
Cinematography	Charles J. Davis Jack MacKenzie
Production company	Vitagraph Company of America
Distributed by	Vitagraph Company of America
Release date	April 1920 (1920-04)
Running time	50 minutes
Country	United States
Languages	Silent English intertitles

Captain Swift is a 1920 American silent drama film directed by Tom Terriss and Chester Bennett and starring Earle Williams, Florence Dixon and Edward Martindel. It is based on the 1888 play of the same title by C. Haddon Chambers.

Plot

A notorious Australian outlaw manages to escape with the law close on his heels and heads to England where he lives under an assumed name, and becomes a fixture in London's high society.

Cast

• Earle Williams as Captain Swift
• Florence Dixon as Stella Darbisher
• Edward Martindel as Gardiner
• Adelaide Prince as Lady Seabrook
• Downing Clarke as Sir Hugh Seabrook
• Barry Baxter as Harry Seabrook
• Alice Calhoun as Mabel Seabrook
• James O'Neill as Marshall
• H.H. Pattee as Ryan

Bibliography

• Goble, Alan. The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film. Walter de Gruyter, 1999.

External links

• Captain Swift at IMDb