The Drop Kick

The Drop Kick

Infobox Film
name = The Drop Kick


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director = Millard Webb
producer =
writer = Katherine Brush
narrator =
starring = Richard Barthelmess
John Wayne
Barbara Kent
music =
cinematography = Arthur Edeson
Alvin Knechtel
editing =
distributor = First National Pictures
released = flagicon|US September 25, 1927
flagicon|UK March 19, 1928
runtime = 62 min.
country = USA
language = Silent film
budget =
followed_by =
amg_id = 1:14836
imdb_id = 0017832 "The Drop Kick" (also known as "Glitter" in the UK) was a 1927 silent film directed by Millard Webb written by Katherine Brush about a college football player (Richard Barthelmess) who finds his reputation on the line when he pays an innocent visit to a woman whose husband kills himself. It was one of the early films of John Wayne who was only aged 20 in the film. He too played a college footballer.

Cast

*Richard Barthelmess as Jack Hamill
*Barbara Kent as Cecily Graves
*Dorothy Revier as Mrs. Hathaway
*Eugene Strong as Brad Hathaway
*Alberta Vaughn as Molly
*Brooks Benedict as Ed Pemberton
*Hedda Hopper as Mrs. Hamill
*Mayme Kelso as Mrs. Graves
*George C. Pearce as The Dean
*John Wayne as USC Football Player

ee also

* John Wayne filmography (1926-1940)

External links

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