Dick Turpin's Ride to York is a 1922 British historical silent film drama directed by Maurice Elvey and starring Matheson Lang, Isobel Elsom and Cecil Humphreys. It was the first feature-length film of the story of the famous 18th-century highwayman Dick Turpin and his legendary 200 mi (320 km) overnight ride from London to York on his mount Black Bess.
Dick Turpin's Ride to York | |
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Directed by | Maurice Elvey |
Written by | Leslie Howard Gordon |
Starring | Matheson Lang Isobel Elsom Cecil Humphreys |
Distributed by | Stoll Pictures |
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Running time | 80 minutes |
Country | United Kingdom |
Languages | Silent film English intertitles |
Dick Turpin's Ride to York was for many years assumed by film historians to be completely lost. However two reels of the film were among several rediscoveries in a private collection in the United States in 2003.[1]