The Man Who Bought London is a 1916 British silent crime film directed by Floyd Martin Thornton and starring E.J. Arundel, Evelyn Boucher and Roy Travers. It was based on the 1915 novel The Man Who Bought London by Edgar Wallace. It was the first of many Wallace stories to be adapted into films. It was made at Catford Studios.
Cast
E.J. Arundel as King Kerry
Evelyn Boucher as Elsie Marion
Roy Travers as Hermon Zeberlieff
Nina Leonise as Vera Zeberlieff
Reginald Fox as Gordon Bray
Rolf Leslie as Horace Baggins
Jeff Barlow as James Leete
Harold Saxon-Snell as Micheloff
J. Gunnis Davis as Tack
A.G. Gardner as Gillette
Helen Stewart as Mrs. Gritter
References
Bibliography
Bergfelder, Tim. International Adventures: German Popular Cinema and European Co-Productions in the 1960s. Berghahn Books, 2005. Warren, Patricia. British Film Studios: An Illustrated History. Batsford, 2001.