The Bad Boy
5.8
Small town youth Jimmie Bates is a well-intentioned, but troubled youth. Jimmie is a rowdy boy who is always getting into trouble and playing pranks on his friends and neighbors. Although deeply in love with young Mary, he eventually spurns Mary's affection for the more outgoing and worldly young Ruth.
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Cast
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Robert Harron
Jimmie Bates
Known for
Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages
The Birth of a Nation
Richard Cummings
Mr. Bates
Also in
The Delicious Little Devil
Blind Husbands
Josephine Crowell
Mrs. Bates
Known for
The Birth of a Nation
The Man Who Laughs
Mildred Harris
Mary
Also in
The Magic Cloak of Oz
Movie Maniacs
William H. Brown
Town marshall
Also in
Hoodoo Ann
Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages
James Harrison
Clarence
Also in
The Seventh Commandment
Stay Single
Colleen Moore
Ruth
Also in
Ella Cinders
The Scarlet Letter
Elmo Lincoln
Yeggman
Also in
Tarzan of the Apes
Alice in Wonderland
Harry Fisher
Yeggman (as Harry Fischer)
Also in
The Little Trespasser
Polly of the Follies
Chester Withey Director · Frank E. Woods Screenplay David Abel Cinematographer
United States release February 18, 1917 · Produced in United States
Production
Fine Arts Film Company
Production
United States
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Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
United States · February 18, 1917
Theatrical
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