| Toilers of the Sea | |
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| Directed by | Roy William Neill |
| Based on | Toilers of the Sea by Victor Hugo |
| Produced by | Roy William Neill |
| Starring | Lucy Fox Holmes Herbert Horace Tesseron |
| Cinematography | Carlos Edwin Corwin Giovanni Ventimiglia |
Production company | Community International Corporation |
| Distributed by | Selznick Pictures |
Release date |
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Running time | 60 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | Silent (English intertitles) |
Toilers of the Sea is a lost[1] 1923 American silent drama film directed by Roy William Neill and starring Lucy Fox, Holmes Herbert and Horace Tesseron. It is an adaptation of Victor Hugo's novel of the same title.[2]
As described in a film magazine review,[3] Captain Jean and his daughter Hélène live in an Italian fishing hamlet. Captain André persuades him to induce the villagers to invest their savings in a project to purchase trading vessels. André embezzles the money and hides it in the volcanic crater of Mount Etna. Sandro, in love with Hélène, trails André to the mountains. A fight takes place, André is killed, and Sandro takes the money back to the villagers. Hélène and Sandro then wed.
Toilers of the Sea was filmed in Italy.[4]
