Movie Description
The Greater Duty
(1922)Overview
When Bill Hinchley is wrongfully imprisoned his wife, Mary, becomes a schoolteacher out of necessity concealing from the school trustees that she is the wife of a convict. Sneaky Pete, Bill's cellmate, steals a letter from Mary to Bill, and, his term expired, follows Mary and extorts her, by threatening to cause her to lose her job by revealing her secret. Attempting to escape Bill gives up his chance at freedom to rescue the warden's children - and is later pardoned, coming home to wreak vengeance on Sneaky Pete, and justify Mary's faith in him.
Featured Crew
- Producer : Gilbert M. Anderson
- Writer : Walter A. Rivers
- Cast : Gilbert M. Anderson,Carol Holloway,Frank Campeau,Melbourne MacDowell
Cast
Bill Hinchley
Mary Hinchley
Sneaky Pete
The Warden
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Facts
Original TitleThe Greater Duty
Status Released
Release Information
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1922-02-01
Original LanguageUnknown
Runtime 00h 50m
Production CompaniesAmalgamated Producing Corporation,Metro Pictures Corporation
Genres
- Western
