The Desperate Hero (1920)
Owen Moore's frantic efforts to dodge tailor bills and court his sweetheart cause some very odd situations.
Henry Baird, a young newspaperman with a second-hand car but little money, decides to raffle off the car at a county picnic, so that he can take out his sweetheart, Mabel Darrow, the daughter of a wealthy businessman. However, as soon as Henry gets the money, his tailor demands that he pay off his debt. Also, youngsters set the car on fire before he can give to the winner, Joseph Plant, whose wife Evelyn was formerly Henry's sweetheart.
- Date of release
- 1920-06-07
- TMDB
- 9.0 / 10 (1)
- Runtime
- 1h 0m
- Genres
- Comedy, Drama
- Director
- Wesley Ruggles
Casting
- Owen Moore — Henry Baird
- Gloria Hope — Mabel Darrow
- Emmett King — Philip Darrow
- Rube Miller — Alan Moss
- Arthur Hoyt — Whitty
- Charles Arling — Joseph Plant
- Nell Craig — Evelyn Plant
- Virginia Caldwell — Dorothy Kind
- Tom Ricketts — Butler
Interesting facts
The Desperate Hero is a 1920 American silent comedy film directed by Wesley Ruggles and starring Owen Moore, Gloria Hope, Emmett King.
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