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The Life Story of John Lee, or The Man They Could Not Hang(Movie, 1921)

1h | Genre: Drama
The Life Story of John Lee, or The Man They Could Not HangRating: 2.1/5 (with 22 votes)
The Life Story of John Lee, or the Man They Could Not Hang is a 1921 Australian silent film based on the true life story of John Babbacombe Lee. It is a remake of a 1912 film with some extra scenes of Lee's childhood. Unlike many silent Australian films, a copy of the movie exists. In 1927 novelist Arthur Wright declared in a piece on the Australian industry that "a picture which perhaps cost the least of all, had no Austarlian interest, is reputed to have proved the most profitable, and that is, be it recorded with sorrow, The Man They Could not Hang." ()
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The Life Story of John Lee, or the Man They Could Not Hang is a 1921 Australian silent film (which is now considered lost) based on the true life story of John Babbacombe Lee. It is a remake of a 1912 film with some extra scenes of Lee's childhood.

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Additional Information

Production country: Australia
Original language: English (EN)
Spoken languages: No Language (XX)
Translated into 1 language: English (EN)
Status: Released
Release date US: 12/23/1921
Director: Arthur W. Sterry
Producer: Arthur W. Sterry
Screenwriter: Arthur W. Sterry
Director of Photography: Tasman Higgins
Color: Black & White (B/W)

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