Movie: Back Pay

Top 6 Billed Cast

Seena Owen
Seena Owen

Hester Bevins

Matt Moore
Matt Moore

Jerry Newcombe

J. Barney Sherry
J. Barney Sherry

Charles G. Wheeler

Ethel Duray
Ethel Duray

Kitty

Charles Craig
Charles Craig

Speed

Jerry Sinclair
Jerry Sinclair

Thomas Craig

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    This 1922 Frank Borzage film is a masterwork waiting to be rediscovered. Hester Bevins is a simple country girl who yearns for adventure. Though she has a handsome young man, Jerry, who is devoted to her, she leaves her village and goes to New York in search of a grander life. There she becomes the lover of a wealthy and unscrupulous businessman. But when Jerry returns blinded and dying from the war, Hester must choose between her new life and the man whose loyalty to her has never failed.

  • Release Date

    1922-01-08

  • Average

    6.3

  • Rating:

    3.1 starts
  • Tagline

    The woman pays — but what part of the reckoning does she owe?

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