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The Dungeon

0% | May 22, 1922 | Drama, Crime, Horror

Myrtle Downing, an African-American woman, is coerced into marrying a corrupt would-be politician named Gyp Lassiter, even though she is really in love with Stephen Cameron, a young lawyer. When she discovers that her husband has conspired to support segregationist policies in exchange for support by white political power brokers, she objects to his crooked dealings and gets herself imprisoned in a secret dungeon where her husband had murdered his previous wives. Presumed to be a lost film.

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Oscar Micheaux
Writer
Oscar Micheaux
Director

Cast

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William Fountaine
Stephen Cameron (as William E. Fountaine)
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Shingzie Howard
Myrtle Downing
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William Crowell
'Gyp' Lassiter (as W.B.F. Crowell)

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