Putting One Over (1919)
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.
- Date of release
- 1919-06-22
- TMDB
- 7.0 / 10 (1)
- Runtime
- 50m
- Genres
- Drama
- Director
- Edward Dillon
Casting
- George Walsh — Horace Barney
- Edith Stockton — Helen Townsend
- Ralph J. Locke — Maurice Claypool
- Frank Beamish — Thomas Farrel
- Robert Lee Keeling — Dr. John Wallace
- Matthew Betz — Giles
- John T. Dillon — Dobbs
- Elizabeth Garrison — Mrs. Townsend
- Marcia Harris — Mrs. Eleanor Davies
- Henry Hallam — Johnny Thomkins
Interesting facts
Putting One Over is a lost 1919 silent film drama directed by Edward Dillon and starring George Walsh. It was produced and directed by Fox Film Corporation. It was based on the story "The Man Who Awoke" by Mary Imlay Taylor.
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