Cinematography Clyde R. Cook Running time 50 minutes | Release date June 1920 Director Alfred E. Green Written by Edward T. Lowe, Jr. | |
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Based on a story, "Double-Dyed Deceiver", by O. Henry c.1905 Similar Smart Money, Blind Youth, The Spoilers, Adventure in Washington, The Unpardonable Sin | ||
A Double-Dyed Deceiver is a lost 1920 American silent crime-drama film directed by Alfred E. Green and starring Jack Pickford. It was produced and distributed by the Goldwyn Pictures company.
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Plot
As described in a film magazine, The Llano Kid (Pickford), after killing a Mexican in Texas, flees to Buennas Tierras, South America. The American counsel, seeking to rob an aristocratic Spanish family whose son disappeared years ago, schemes to use the Kid as a fence by having him pose as the lost son. The Kid is received royally by the family and for the first time he experiences love. Transformed through the experience of motherly love, the Kid rebels and he refuses to rob his benefactors. Instead, he falls in love with a relative and stays with the family.