Red Dice

The Red Dice is a 1926 American silent crime drama film directed by William K. Howard and produced by Cecil B. DeMille. It stars Rod La Rocque and Marguerite De La Motte and was released through Producers Distributing Corporation.[1][2]

The Red Dice
Still with La Rocque and De La Motte
Directed byWilliam K. Howard
Written byDouglas Z. Doty
Jeanie MacPherson
Based onThe Iron Chalice
by Octavus Roy Cohen
Produced byDeMille Pictures Corporation
StarringRod La Rocque
Marguerite De La Motte
CinematographyLucien Andriot
Distributed byProducers Distributing Corporation (PDC)
Release date
  • March 14, 1926 (1926-03-14)
Running time
70 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageSilent (English intertitles)
Red Dice ad in The Film Daily, 1926

Plot

As described in a film magazine review,[3] Alan Beckwith, who is broke, agrees to insure his life naming bootleg king Andrew North beneficiary, and agreeing to commit suicide later. Ala rolls a pair of red dice to determine the date he will die. He weds Beverly Vane, a woman of North's choosing whose brother Johnny is in North's power. Alan and Beverly fall in love. He and Johnny plot to seize one of North's rum cargoes. They are trapped by North and his men, but Beverly appears in time with revenue officers. The North gang is arrested. Beverly and Alan face a happy future together.

Cast

Preservation

With no prints of Red Dice located in any film archives,[4] it is a lost film. A 48 seconds trailer of the film still exists.

References
  1. Progressive Silent Film List: Red Dice at silentera.com
  2. The AFI Catalog of Feature Films: The Red Dice
  3. Pardy, George T. (April 3, 1926), "Pre-Release Review of Features: Red Dice", Motion Picture News, New York City, New York: Motion Picture News, Inc., 33 (14): 1527, retrieved April 16, 2023 Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
  4. The Library of Congress American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog: The Red Dice
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