“A story of the East and West with all the pep, tang and vigor of American Manhood.”
George MacFarland, a wealthy young man who loves adventure, bets his friends Thornton Brown and Arthur Sole $20,000 that he can commit a crime and elude the police for a year. After he forges a check, George heads West and does escape arrest for nearly a year, despite the proliferation of police circulars bearing his name and his favorite expression, "Believe me, Xantippe." In a Colorado hunting lodge, he meets Sheriff Kamman's pretty daughter Dolly, who recognizes and tries to arrest him. According to the terms of the bet, however, he must be captured by a genuine officer of the law, which Dolly is not.
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Wallace Reid
George MacFarland
Known for
The Birth of a Nation
Ann Little
Dolly Kamman
Also in
The Roaring Road
The Cradle of Courage
Ernest Joy
Thornton Brown
Also in
The Golden Chance
The Thief and the Book
Henry Woodward
Arthur Sole
Also in
The Last of the Mohicans
Male and Female
Noah Beery
Sheriff Kamman
Known for
The Mark of Zorro
She Done Him Wrong
James Cruze
Simp Calloway
Also in
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
The Cry of the Children
Winifred Greenwood
Violette
Known for
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz
Jim Farley
Detective Thorne
Known for
The General
Charles Ogle
Wrenn Wrgley
Known for
The Ten Commandments
Clarence Geldart
Williams
Known for
A Woman of Paris: A Drama of Fate
Donald Crisp Director · Olga Printzlau Writer John Frederick Ballard Author
United States release June 2, 1918 · Produced in United States
Production
Jesse L. Lasky Feature Play Company
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United States
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English
Spoken on screen
No dialogue
Release dates
United States · June 2, 1918
Theatrical
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