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Putting One Over
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Putting One Over

1919-06-22 · 50 min · ★ 7.0

Drama

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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Directors
Edward Dillon
Production companies
Fox Film Corporation
Countries
United States of America
Status
Released

Top Cast

George WalshGeorge WalshHorace Barney
Edith StocktonEdith StocktonHelen Townsend
Ralph J. LockeMaurice Claypool
Frank BeamishThomas Farrel
Robert Lee KeelingDr. John Wallace
Matthew BetzMatthew BetzGiles
John T. DillonDobbs
Elizabeth GarrisonMrs. Townsend
Marcia HarrisMarcia HarrisMrs. Eleanor Davies
Henry HallamHenry HallamJohnny Thomkins

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