Man Under Cover

Man Under Cover (1922)

Crook Story

Paul Porter and his swindler friend Daddy Moffat visit Paul's hometown and find an old friend, Holt Langdon, local bank cashier, in trouble over oil investments. Because of his friendship and love for Langdon's sister, Margaret, Paul resolves to help him by robbing the bank. Finding Holt a victim of suicide inside the bank, he makes it appear that Holt died defending the premises. Paul determines to reform, and he aids Margaret by buying a local newspaper. When two confidence men induce the populace to invest in a fake oil well scheme, Paul and Daddy Moffat, with the help of lawyer Colonel Culpepper, start another phony oil well and force the confidence men to buy it out at a high price. Paul returns the townspeople's money and tells Margaret the story; she then agrees to marry him.

Date of release
1922-10-04
TMDB
8.0 / 10 (1)
Runtime
46m
Genres
Crime, Drama
Director
Tod Browning

Casting

Interesting facts

Man Under Cover is a 1922 American silent crime film directed by Tod Browning and starring Herbert Rawlinson and George Hernandez. A copy of Man Under Cover is housed at the Museum of Modern Art.

Production

Louis Victor Eytinge wrote the screenplay for the film while serving a life sentence for murder in an Arizona prison.

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