The Splendid Crime | |
Director: | William C. deMille |
Producer: | Adolph Zukor Jesse Lasky |
Story: | William C. deMille |
Starring: | Bebe Daniels Neil Hamilton |
Cinematography: | L. Guy Wilky |
Distributor: | Paramount Pictures |
Runtime: | 60 minutes |
Country: | United States |
Language: | Silent (English intertitles) |
The Splendid Crime is a 1926 American crime drama film directed by William C. deMille and starring Bebe Daniels. Famous Players–Lasky produced and Paramount Pictures distributed.[1]
As described in a film magazine review,[2] Jenny, a young woman who is the leader of a band of crooks, is put on the straight road by Bob Van Dyke, a young man whose house she was attempting to rob. Later, the young man who caused Jenny to reform her life becomes involved in a shady transaction. The young woman after she learns this takes action and saves him from his indiscretion. The pair eventually fall in love and become honestly successful.
With no prints of The Splendid Crime located in any film archives,[3] it is a lost film.[4]