The Gray Dawn is a 1922 American silent drama film directed by Jean Hersholt, starring Carl Gantvoort, Claire Adams and Robert McKim.Munden p.404 Some scenes were also likely directed by others, including producer Benjamin B. Hampton. It is based on the 1915 novel of the same title by Stewart Edward White.
Plot In San Francisco in the 1850s, the lawlessness of the western settlement is out of control. The District Attorney is under pressure from the corrupt mayor not to take action, leading to vigilante mobs.
Cast Carl Gantvoort as Milton Keith Claire Adams as Nan Bennett Robert McKim as Ben Sansome George Hackathorne as Calhoun Bennett Snitz Edwards as Krafft Stanton Heck as Casey Omar Whitehead as Charles Cora Claire McDowell as Mrs. Bennett Maude Wayne as Mimi Morrell J. Gunnis Davis as Mr. Morrell Zack Williams as Sam Grace Marvin as Mammy Charles Arling as Ned Coleman Harvey Clark as King of Wiolliam Charles Thurston as Marshal Richardson Marc B. Robbins as Chinaman Charles Murphy as Bill Collector
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Bibliography Munden, Kenneth White. The American Film Institute Catalog of Motion Pictures Produced in the United States, Part 1. University of California Press, 1997.
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