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The Jailbird

10/10/1920

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0hr 50min

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Comedy

,Drama

$5,00 Reward! For the capture of S. Clancy, alias Kid Dugan, recently escaped from Sing Sing prison. All dressed in stripes of thrills and laughter.

STORY

Shakespeare Clancy is a jailbird who walks out with a crowd of visitors about the time "Skeeter" Burns, the prison printer, is discharged. Learning that a legacy awaits them in Dodson, the pair depart for the small Western town. Discovering that the bequest consists of a failing county newspaper and a plot of barren land, they hatch a plan to fleece the townspeople by selling shares in a bogus oil well. Problems arise when Clancy falls in love with society editor Alice Whitney. Clancy is conflicted but then they do strike oil! Concluding that his destiny is to be an honest man, Clancy returns to jail to finish serving his term. Slipping into the crowd of visitors, he dons his prison clothes and resumes work as though nothing had happened.

CAST & CREW

    Cast

  • Douglas MacLean
  • Doris May
  • Louis Morrison
  • William Courtright
  • Otto Hoffman

    INFORMATION

      Production Companies

    • Thomas H. Ince Corporation

      Production Countries

    • United States of America

    LANGUAGES

    • No Language

    Cast

    Douglas MacLean

    Shakespeare Clancy

    Doris May

    Alice Whitney

    Louis Morrison

    'Skeeter' Burns (as Lew Morrison)

    William Courtright

    Noah Gibbs

    Otto Hoffman

    Elkemah Pardee

    Monte Collins Sr.

    Asa Grider (as Monty Collins)

    Bert Woodruff

    Grandpa Binney

    Joseph Hazelton

    Alva Finch (as Joe Hazelton)

    Wilbur Higby

    Joel Harvey

    Edith Murgatroyd

    Mrs. Whitney (as Edith Yorke)