Man Under Cover (1922)
Synopsis
Paul Porter and his swindler friend Daddy Moffat visit Paul's hometown and find an old friend, Holt Langdon, local bank cashier, in trouble over oil investments. Because of his friendship and love for Langdon's sister, Margaret, Paul resolves to help him by robbing the bank. Finding Holt a victim of suicide inside the bank, he makes it appear that Holt died defending the premises. Paul determines to reform, and he aids Margaret by buying a local newspaper. When two confidence men induce the populace to invest in a fake oil well scheme, Paul and Daddy Moffat, with the help of lawyer Colonel Culpepper, start another phony oil well and force the confidence men to buy it out at a high price. Paul returns the townspeople's money and tells Margaret the story; she then agrees to marry him.
Release Date: 1922-10-04
Runtime: 46 minutes
Director: Tod Browning
Top Cast
- Herbert Rawlinson as Paul Porter
- George Hernandez as Daddy Moffat
- William Courtright as Mayor Harper
- George Webb as Jones Wiley
- Edwin B. Tilton as 'Coal Oil' Chase
- Gerald Pring as Holt Langdon
- Barbara Bedford as Margaret Langdon
- Willis Marks as Colonel Culpepper
- Betty Eliason as Kiddie
- Betty Stone as Kiddie
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