70 minutes
12/4/1921
Two confidence men pose as investors to fleece the denizens of a small town. They build a carpet-tack factory with the funds, but some stockholders are suspicious. Eventually, someone tries to take over the business by buying it from them. The film is presumed lost.
Sam Hardy
as J. Rufus Wallingford
Norman Kerry
as 'Blackie' Daw
Doris Kenyon
as Fannie Jasper
Diana Allen
as Gertrude Dempsey
Edgar Nelson
as Eddie Lamb
Billie Dove
as Dorothy Wells
Mac Barnes
as Andrea Dempsey
William T. Hayes
as G. W. Battles
Horace James
as Timothy Battles
John Woodford
as Mr. Wells
Mrs. Charles Willard
as Mrs. Dempsey
Donald Keith
as Harkins
William Carr
as Quigg
William Robyns
as Abe Gunther
Theodore Westman Jr.
as the bellboy
Patterson Dial
as Bessie
Jerry Sinclair
as Judge Hampton
Benny One
as Wallingford’s valet