“$5,00 Reward! For the capture of S. Clancy, alias Kid Dugan, recently escaped from Sing Sing prison. All dressed in stripes of thrills and laughter.”
Shakespeare Clancy is a jailbird who walks out with a crowd of visitors about the time "Skeeter" Burns, the prison printer, is discharged. Learning that a legacy awaits them in Dodson, the pair depart for the small Western town. Discovering that the bequest consists of a failing county newspaper and a plot of barren land, they hatch a plan to fleece the townspeople by selling shares in a bogus oil well. Problems arise when Clancy falls in love with society editor Alice Whitney. Clancy is conflicted but then they do strike oil! Concluding that his destiny is to be an honest man, Clancy returns to jail to finish serving his term. Slipping into the crowd of visitors, he dons his prison clothes and resumes work as though nothing had happened.
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Cast
16 people
Douglas MacLean
Shakespeare Clancy
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Doris May
Alice Whitney
Also in
Conductor 1492
Peck's Bad Boy
Harry Marker
Julien Josephson
Lloyd Ingraham
Known for
Our Daily Bread
Louis Morrison
'Skeeter' Burns (as Lew Morrison)
Also in
Tarzan of the Apes
Peter Pan
Bert Cann
William Courtright
Noah Gibbs
Also in
That's My Wife
Duck Soup
Otto Hoffman
Elkemah Pardee
Known for
Stranger on the Third Floor
Death Takes a Holiday
Monte Collins Sr.
Asa Grider (as Monty Collins)
Known for
Our Hospitality
My Wife's Relations
Bert Woodruff
Grandpa Binney
Known for
Speedy
Joseph Hazelton
Alva Finch (as Joe Hazelton)
Also in
Oliver Twist
The Hobo's Rest Cure
Lloyd Ingraham Director · Julien Josephson Screenplay Bert Cann Cinematographer
United States release October 10, 1920 · Produced in United States
Production
Thomas H. Ince Corporation
Production
United States
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Original language
English
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No dialogue
Release dates
United States · October 10, 1920
Theatrical
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