The Ne'er-Do-Well
Top 10 Billed Cast
Kirk Anthony
Chiquita
Edith Cortlandt
Stephen Cortlandt
Ramón Alfarez (as Sid Smith)
Clifford
Allen Allan
Runnels (as Laurance Wheat)
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Disgusted with his spendthrift son, Kirk Anthony's father has Kirk shanghaied and taken to Panama, where he attracts the attention of Mrs. Edith Cortlandt. He subsequently falls in love with Chiquita, the daughter of a Panamanian general, gets a railroad job through Stephen Cortlandt and decides to make something of himself when he meets Allen Allan, a black mercenary. Stephen Cortlandt's death is blamed on Kirk until Edith produces a suicide note. He succeeds in his railroad position and returns to the United States with Chiquita to ask his father's forgiveness. A lost film.
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1923-04-29
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You've read or heard about this great story- now you'll see it in a marvelous production
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