Over the Top (1918)
1h 30m
Running Time
March 31, 1918Release Date
Plot.
The film is based on a book of the same name by Arthur Guy Empey, detailing his service as an American volunteer with the British Army on the Western Front.
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Cast & Crew.
Arthur Guy Empey
Sergeant James Garrison 'Garry' Owen / Book
Lois Meredith
Helen Lloyd
James Morrison
Albert Lloyd
Arthur Donaldson
Friederich von Emden
Julia Swayne Gordon
Mrs. Wagner
Mary Maurice
Mrs. Margaret McNeal
Betty Blythe
Madame Arnot
Nellie Anderson
Sonia
William Calhoun
Thomas Waldron
William H. Stucky
Geoffry Blake
Wilfrid North
Director
Robert Gordon Anderson
Scenario Writer
Tom Malloy
Director of Photography
Philip Quinn
Assistant Director
Harry Warren
Assistant Director
Albert E. Smith
Presenter / Supervisor of Production Resources
Details.
Release DateMarch 31, 1918
StatusReleased
Running Time1h 30m
Content RatingNR
Genres
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Wiki.
Over the Top is a 1918 American silent war film directed by Wilfrid North and starring Arthur Guy Empey, Lois Meredith and James W. Morrison. The film is based on a book of the same name by Empey, detailing his service as an American volunteer with the British Army on the Western Front. Location shooting for the trench scenes took place at Camp Wheeler in Georgia.
President Woodrow Wilson attended the Washington premiere along with his wife and a number of cabinet members.