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Ramshackle House
Ramshackle House

Ramshackle House

To all seasoned "fans" longing for mystery, romance and thrills novel enough to stir a jaded picture palate, is offered this film.

Genres

DramaRomance

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Don Counsel, a New Yorker who is traveling through southern Florida, is being framed by Ernest Riever for a murder he did not commit. Riever is holding the real killer captive on his yacht while detectives are searching for Counsel. Pen Broome, who lives with her father (Henry James) on their rundown estate, tries to help Counsel out. Riever's men find Counsel and trap him in a ballast bulkhead, but Pen rescues him.

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Budget

$--

Revenue

$--

Status

Released

Original Language

English

Runtime

62 mins

Rating

0/10

Release Date

31 August 1924

Country

United States of America

Cast

Betty Compson

Betty Compson

Pen Broome

John Davidson

John Davidson

Ernest Riever

Josephine Norman

Josephine Norman

Blanche Paglar

Robert Lowing

Robert Lowing

Don Counsell

Henry James

Henry James

Pendleton Broome

William Black

William Black

Keesing

Duke Pelzer

Duke Pelzer

Spike Talley

Joey Joey

Joey Joey

Alligator wrestler

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