The Desperate Hero (1920)

The Desperate Hero

1920

Comedy Drama

Synopsis

Henry Baird, a young newspaperman with a second-hand car but little money, decides to raffle off the car at a county picnic, so that he can take out his sweetheart, Mabel Darrow, the daughter of a wealthy businessman. However, as soon as Henry gets the money, his tailor demands that he pay off his debt. Also, youngsters set the car on fire before he can give to the winner, Joseph Plant, whose wife Evelyn was formerly Henry's sweetheart.

Credits

Director

Wesley Ruggles

Cast

Arthur Hoyt as Whitty

Charles Arling as Joseph Plant

Emmett King as Philip Darrow

Gloria Hope as Mabel Darrow

Nell Craig as Evelyn Plant

Owen Moore as Henry Baird

Rube Miller as Alan Moss

Tom Ricketts as Butler