The Ne'er-Do-Well
You've read or heard about this great story- now you'll see it in a marvelous production
1923 xx 80 minutes
Rating: 10
Plot
Disgusted with his spendthrift son, Kirk Anthony's father has Kirk shanghaied and taken to Panama, where he attracts the attention of Mrs. Edith Cortlandt. He subsequently falls in love with Chiquita, the daughter of a Panamanian general, gets a railroad job through Stephen Cortlandt and decides to make something of himself when he meets Allen Allan, a black mercenary. Stephen Cortlandt's death is blamed on Kirk until Edith produces a suicide note. He succeeds in his railroad position and returns to the United States with Chiquita to ask his father's forgiveness. A lost film.
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Cast
Thomas Meighan
Kirk Anthony
Lila Lee
Chiquita
Gertrude Astor
Edith Cortlandt
John Miltern
Stephen Cortlandt
Gus Weinberg
Andres Garavel
Sidney Smith
Ramón Alfarez (as Sid Smith)
George O'Brien
Clifford
Jules Cowles
Allen Allan
Larry Wheat
Runnels (as Laurance Wheat)
Cyril Ring
