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The Adventurer(1917)
Status: Released
Date: 1917-10-22
69%
148 Votes
Time: 0h 26m
Overview:
The daring convict no. 23, known as The Eel, escapes from prison and, after mocking his inept persecutors, saves the lives of three people in peril: a beautiful girl, her mother and an annoying suitor, only to get exhausted and almost drowned. Once he regains his strength at Judge Brown's home, he participates on an upper-class social party where he competes with the suitor for the favors of the charming Miss Brown. But prison guards are still after him…
Languages: No Language.
Countries:
United States of America
ProductionCompanies:
Lone Star Corporation
Movie: The Adventurer
Top 10 Billed Cast
Charlie Chaplin
The Eel / Commodore Slick
Edna Purviance
Miss Brown - The Girl
Eric Campbell
The Suitor
Henry Bergman
Judge Brown - The Father / Docker
Albert Austin
The Butler
Phyllis Allen
Governess (uncredited)
John Rand
Party Guest (uncredited)
Loyal Underwood
Party Guest (uncredited)
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