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Directed by | Alexander Butler |
Produced by | Jack W. Smith |
Written by |
Richard Marsh (novel) Helen Blizzard |
Starring |
Maudie Dunham Hebden Foster Fred Morgan Leal Douglas |
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Distributed by | Urban Trading Company |
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5 reels |
Country | United Kingdom |
Language | Silent English intertitles |
The Beetle is a 1919 British silent horror film directed by Alexander Butler and starring Maudie Dunham, Hebden Foster and Fred Morgan. It was based on the 1897 novel The Beetle by Richard Marsh.
An Ancient Egyptian princess transforms herself into a beetle in order to seek revenge on a British Member of Parliament.