I Am the Law | |
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Directed by | Edwin Carewe |
Written by | Raymond L. Schrock |
Based on | "The Poetic Justice of Uko San" by James Oliver Curwood |
Produced by | Edwin Carewe C.C. Burr |
Starring |
Alice Lake Kenneth Harlan Rosemary Theby Gaston Glass Noah Beery Wallace Beery |
Cinematography | Robert Kurrle |
Production company | Edwin Carewe Picture Corp.
[1] |
Distributed by | Affiliated Distributors [1] |
Release date |
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Country | United States |
Language | Silent (English intertitles) |
I Am the Law is a 1922 American drama film starring Alice Lake and Kenneth Harlan, and featuring Noah Beery, Sr. and Wallace Beery. The movie was written by Raymond L. Schrock based upon a 1910 story by James Oliver Curwood, [1] and directed by Edwin Carewe. Curwood successfully sued Affiliated Distributors to have his name taken off of the film as he felt it did not resemble his short story, [1] a result next achieved 70 years later when Stephen King successfully sued to have his name taken off of The Lawnmower Man. [2]
The plot, as described by the defendants in the 1922 court case regarding the attribution of the Curwood story:
With no prints of I Am the Law located in any film archives, it is considered a lost film. [4] [5]
I Am the Law | |
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![]() Magazine advertisement | |
Directed by | Edwin Carewe |
Written by | Raymond L. Schrock |
Based on | "The Poetic Justice of Uko San" by James Oliver Curwood |
Produced by | Edwin Carewe C.C. Burr |
Starring |
Alice Lake Kenneth Harlan Rosemary Theby Gaston Glass Noah Beery Wallace Beery |
Cinematography | Robert Kurrle |
Production company | Edwin Carewe Picture Corp.
[1] |
Distributed by | Affiliated Distributors [1] |
Release date |
|
Country | United States |
Language | Silent (English intertitles) |
I Am the Law is a 1922 American drama film starring Alice Lake and Kenneth Harlan, and featuring Noah Beery, Sr. and Wallace Beery. The movie was written by Raymond L. Schrock based upon a 1910 story by James Oliver Curwood, [1] and directed by Edwin Carewe. Curwood successfully sued Affiliated Distributors to have his name taken off of the film as he felt it did not resemble his short story, [1] a result next achieved 70 years later when Stephen King successfully sued to have his name taken off of The Lawnmower Man. [2]
The plot, as described by the defendants in the 1922 court case regarding the attribution of the Curwood story:
With no prints of I Am the Law located in any film archives, it is considered a lost film. [4] [5]