Accused

Plot

Accused is a British melodrama starring American actor (and confirmed Anglophile) Douglas Fairbanks Jr. Somewhat incongruously cast as an Apache dancer, Fairbanks and his dance partner/wife Dolores Del Rio headline a Paris musical. Fairbanks becomes the unwilling target for the attentions of performer Florence Desmond (the famed British impressionist, here playing a hateful adventuress). Desmond is later murdered with the dagger used by Fairbanks and his wife in their act, and Dolores is accused of the crime. A florid court trial unmasks the real killer. Zoe Akins, a prominent playwright of the 1920s whose once-celebrated works seem somewhat childish today, was one of the scenarists of Accused. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi

Cast

• Douglas Fairbanks, Jr. - Tony Seymour
• Dolores Del Rio - Gaby Seymour
• Florence Desmond - Yvette Delange
• Basil Sydney - Eugene Roget
• Athole Stewart - President of Court

Cecil Humphreys - Prosecuting Counsel; Esme Percy - Morel; Edward Rigby - Alphonse; Moore Marriott - Dubec; Cyril Raymond - Guy Henry; Googie Withers - Ninette; Roland Culver - Henry Capelle

Credit

Philip Buchel - Choreography, Thornton Freeland - Director, Percival Mackey - Musical Direction/Supervision, Victor Armenise - Cinematographer, Douglas Fairbanks, Jr. - Producer, Marcel Hellman - Producer, Zoë Akins - Screenwriter, George Barraud - Screenwriter

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