The Life Line

The Life Line
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Directed by	Maurice Tourneur
Written by	George R. Sims (play) Charles E. Whittaker
Produced by	Maurice Tourneur
Starring	Jack Holt Wallace Beery Lew Cody Tully Marshall
Production company	Maurice Tourneur Productions
Distributed by	Famous Players–Lasky Corporation
Release date	September 28, 1919 (1919-09-28)
Running time	60 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

The Life Line is a 1919 American silent drama film directed by Maurice Tourneur and starring Jack Holt, Wallace Beery and Lew Cody. The picture was based on the play The Romany Rye by the British playwright George R. Sims. The film is set amongst the criminal classes in the slums of London.^[1]

• Jack Holt as Jack Hearne, the Romany Rye
• Wallace Beery as Bos
• Lew Cody as Phillip Royston
• Tully Marshall as Joe Heckett
• Seena Owen as Laura
• Pauline Starke as Ruth Heckett

A print is preserved at Filmmuseum Amsterdam aka the EYE Institut.^[2]

• Waldman, Harry. Maurice Tourneur: The Life and Films. McFarland, 2008.

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• The Life Line at IMDb
• synopsis at AllMovie

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