Coaxed by sharpers, who seek to profit by his rustic innocence, the boy from the small town goes to the city with them and become, innocently enough, a successful swindler, but he learns of the deception and returns home, too ashamed to seek his old sweetheart. The crooks return to try a blackmail game, but Ernie's eyes are opened now. He cleans up in whirlwind fashion.
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Taylor Holmes
Ernest Gledhill
Known for
Sleeping Beauty
Gentlemen Prefer Blondes
Helen Ferguson
Eleanor Ramsdell
Also in
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Fred Tiden
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Mark Ellison
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Also in
The Man Who Was Afraid
James F. Fulton
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Also in
The Eternal Three
Ruggles of Red Gap
Lawrence C. Windom Director · Freeman Tilden Story
United States release December 3, 1917 · Produced in United States · Production The Essanay Film Manufacturing Company
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Perfection Pictures
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The Essanay Film Manufacturing Company
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United States
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English
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No dialogue
Release dates
United States · December 3, 1917
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