The False Road (1920)
Stars: Enid Bennett, Lloyd Hughes, Wade Boteler
Director: Fred Niblo
Runtime: 65 minutes + 20 minute short
Language: English subtitles -
Source: From material preserved in the LoC
Formats: DVD-
Rating: NR
The False Road
(1920)
Director: Fred Niblo
Cast:
Enid Bennett ... Betty Palmer
Lloyd Hughes ... Roger Moran
Wade Boteler ... 'Sapphire' Mike Wilson
Lucille Young ... 'Frisco' Minnie
Charles Smiley ... Joshua Starbuck
Edith Yorke ... Mother Starbuck
Gordon Mullen ... Crook Chauffeur
Roger Moran has just been released from prison and his old partners in crime along with his gal, the safecracker Betty Palmer, are happy to welcome him back, but Roger has to disappoint them because after his time in the big house he is done with crime and determined to go straight! Unable to turn Betty away from the false road she is walking he leaves to start a new life on his own. Yet their paths cross again when the gang targets a bank in the small town where Roger is now living. Roger becomes determined to oppose their scheme and must try to turn Betty away from crime.
65 minutes with a piano score by David Drazin
Released in cooperation with Tim Lussier
From material preserved in the Library of Congress
Included Comedy Short
Charlie Chaplin in THE FIREMAN -
On DVD
$19.95
On BLU-
$24.95