Easy Pickings (1927)
Simeon Van Horne is poisoned by Stewart, his lawyer, who hopes to get a part of the estate to be divided between young Peter Van Horne and Dolores, Peter's cousin. Knowing that Dolores is dead, Stewart, who catches Mary Ryan burglarizing the Van Horne home, induces her to pose as Dolores.
- Date of release
- 1927-02-20
- TMDB
- 10.0 / 10 (1)
- Runtime
- 1h 0m
- Genres
- Mystery
- Director
- George Archainbaud
Casting
- Anna Q. Nilsson — Mary Ryan
- Kenneth Harlan — Peter Van Horne
- Philo McCullough — Stewart
- Billy Bevan — The Detective
- Jerry Miley — Tony
- Charles Sellon — Dr. Naylor
Interesting facts
Easy Pickings is a 1927 silent film mystery or 'old dark house' story directed by George Archainbaud and starring Anna Q. Nilsson and Kenneth Harlan. It is based on a play written by Paul A. Cruger and William A. Burton. Zack Williams plays the stereotypical Negro servant who mugs his way through the film in an exaggeratedly nervous manner. Comedic actor Billy Bevan plays the detective in the film in a more-serious-than-usual manner, and later went on to appear in Dracula's Daughter (1936) and The Invisible Man Returns (1940).
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