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The Manchester Man (film)
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Wikipedia article
'The Manchester Man' is a 1920 British silent drama film directed by Bert Wynne and starring Hayford Hobbs, Aileen Bagot and Joan Hestor. It was an adaptation of the 1876 novel 'The Manchester Man' by Isabella Banks. It follows the lifetime of a Manchester resident Jabez Clegg during the turbulent 19th century.
The plot has been summarized by Denis Gifford as "Lancashire, 1800. Clerk loves merchant's daughter who elopes with crook.""The Manchester Man" in Denis Gifford, 'British Film Catalogue: Volume 1, the Fiction Film' (2016)
Cast
* Hayford Hobbs - Jabez Clegg
* Aileen Bagot - Augusta Ashton
* Joan Hestor - Bess Clegg
* Warwick Ward - Captain Aspinall
* A. Harding Steerman - Mr Ashton
* Dora De Winton - Mrs Ashton
* Hubert Willis - Simon Clegg
* William Burchill - Reverend Jotty Brooks
* Charles Pelly - Kit
* Cecil Calvert - Man of Affairs
References
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