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Squibs Wins the Calcutta Sweep

Squibs Wins the Calcutta Sweep

1922Movie
Comedy
6.3
IMDB Rating
15 votes

A flower girl wins £60,000 and takes her family to Paris to save her sister from her murderous husband.

Director
George Pearson
Writers
N/A
Stars
Betty Balfour, Fred Groves, Hugh E. Wright
Language
None, English
Country
United Kingdom
💬 1
Reviews
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🎭 Top Cast

Betty Balfour
Betty Balfour
as Squibs Hopkins
Fred Groves
Fred Groves
as P. C. Lee
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Hugh E. Wright
as Sam Hopkins
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Bertram Burleigh
as The Weasel
Annette Benson
Annette Benson
as Ivy Hopkins
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Mary Brough
as Mrs. Lee
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Hal Martin
as Detective
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Donald Searle
as Reporter
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Tom Morris
as Bob
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Sam Lewis
as Nosey

🎬 Technical Specs

Aspect Ratio
1.33 : 1
Sound
Silent
Color
Black and White
Production
Welsh-Pearson

🏷️ Keywords

girl

🎯 Categories

Comedy

⭐ Featured Review

Miss Balfour on Fire
by boblipton2018-11-28
7/10

"Betty Balfour follows up her enormous hit as the flower girl with a heat of gold and a will of iron with a muted fantasy for the proles. Squibs is getting along well with her boyfriend, Fred Groves, but there are problems. Her father, his bookie joint shut, is at loose ends. Her sister is married to a fellow with the daunting sobriquet of "The Weasel". The Weasel kills a copper while committing a burglary and he and the missus flee to Paris. Meanwhile, Betty's dad has presented her with a sweepstakes ticket, and if you don't know how that will turn out, you haven't rea..."

💡 Did You Know?

When the film played in Bitish Columbia, it was advertised as "TAKE ME BACK TO BLIGHTY", which was the title of a popular song from the war, but the connexion to this story is unclear. (Victoria Daily Times, ((Victoria, BC)) 17 September 1923)

📖 Synopsis

A flower girl wins £60,000 and takes her family to Paris to save her sister from her murderous husband.