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The Desperate Hero

06/07/1920

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1hr 0min

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Comedy

,Drama

Owen Moore's frantic efforts to dodge tailor bills and court his sweetheart cause some very odd situations.

STORY

Henry Baird, a young newspaperman with a second-hand car but little money, decides to raffle off the car at a county picnic, so that he can take out his sweetheart, Mabel Darrow, the daughter of a wealthy businessman. However, as soon as Henry gets the money, his tailor demands that he pay off his debt. Also, youngsters set the car on fire before he can give to the winner, Joseph Plant, whose wife Evelyn was formerly Henry's sweetheart.

CAST & CREW

    Cast

  • Owen Moore
  • Gloria Hope
  • Emmett King
  • Rube Miller
  • Arthur Hoyt

    Director

  • Wesley Ruggles

INFORMATION

    Production Companies

  • Selznick Pictures

    Production Countries

  • United States of America

LANGUAGES

  • No Language

Cast

Owen Moore

Henry Baird

Gloria Hope

Mabel Darrow

Emmett King

Philip Darrow

Rube Miller

Alan Moss

Arthur Hoyt

Whitty

Charles Arling

Joseph Plant

Nell Craig

Evelyn Plant

Virginia Caldwell

Dorothy Kind

Tom Ricketts

Butler