Putting One Over
Genres
Overview
When a train crash kills Horace Barney, the heir to a fortune that his doctors and guardians were planning to extort the unscrupulous trio quickly substitute his double Jack Trevor who by chance was on the same locomotive but knocked unconscious. Once awakened, Jack realizes the duplicity but plays along to try and foil the plot and save the estate for Barney’s cousin Helen who is the true heir and with whom he has fallen in love.
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Runtime
50 min
Release Date
1919-06-22
Status
Released
Original Language
English
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George Walsh
Horace Barney
Edith Stockton
Helen Townsend
Ralph J. Locke
Maurice Claypool
Frank Beamish
Thomas Farrel
Robert Lee Keeling
Dr. John Wallace
Matthew Betz
Giles
John T. Dillon
Dobbs
Elizabeth Garrison
Mrs. Townsend
Marcia Harris
Mrs. Eleanor Davies
Henry Hallam
Johnny Thomkins
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