| The Lyons Mail | |
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| Directed by | Fred Paul |
| Screenplay by | Benedict James |
| Based on | The Courier of Lyons by Charles Reade |
| Produced by | Ideal Film Company |
| Starring | H.B. Irving Nancy Price Harry Welchman James Lindsay |
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| Country | United Kingdom |
| Languages | Silent film English intertitles |
The Lyons Mail is a 1916 British silent film based on the 1877 play The Lyons Mail by Charles Reade, a very popular stage work of the Victorian era. A respectable French gentleman is mistaken for his doppelganger, a notorious highwaymen.
It was made by the Ideal Film Company, one of the leading British silent film studios. It should not be confused with a later sound version The Lyons Mail released in 1931 by Twickenham Studios. It was released in the United States in 1919.
