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Flirting with Fate (1916 film)
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Wikipedia article
'Flirting with Fate' is a 1916 American film directed by Christy Cabanne and starring Douglas Fairbanks. It was produced by the Fine Arts Film Company and distributed by Triangle Film Corporation.[http://www.silentera.com/PSFL/data/F/FlirtingWithFate1916.html 'Flirting With Fate' at silentera.com][http://www.afi.com/members/catalog/DetailView.aspx?s=&Movie=14092 The AFI Catalog of Feature Films:'Flirting With Fate']
Synopsis
In a desperate, but not-too-courageous, attempt to end his life, a man hires a murderer to do the job for him. Soon, though, things are looking better and he must now avoid the hit.
Cast
*Douglas Fairbanks as Augy Holliday
*W.E. Lawrence as Harry, Augy's Friend
*Jewel Carmen as Gladys, the Girl
*Dorothy Haydel as Phyllis, Her Chum
*George Beranger as Automatic Joe
*J.P. McCarty as The Detective
See also
* 'Tribulations of a Chinaman in China' (novel by Jules Verne, 1879)
* 'The Man in Search of His Murderer' (1931)
* 'The Whistler' (1944)
* 'You Only Live Once' (1952)
* 'Five Days' (1954)
* 'Up to His Ears' (1965)
* 'Tulips' (1981)
* 'I Hired a Contract Killer' (1990)
* 'Bulworth' (1998)
* 'Shut Up and Shoot Me' (2005)
References
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