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The False Road

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Genre
  
Crime, Drama

Cinematography
  
George Barnes

Director
  
Fred Niblo

Producer
  
Thomas H. Ince

Country
  
United States


Language
  
Silent (English intertitles)

Release date
  
April 18, 1920 (1920-04-18)

Writer
  
C. Gardner Sullivan (screenplay), C. Gardner Sullivan (story)

Cast
  
Lloyd Hughes, Enid Bennett

Genres
  
Drama, Silent film, Black-and-white

Similar movies
  
Civilization (1916), The Red Lily (1924), Peter Pan (1924), Blood and Sand (1922), The Wrath of the Gods (1914)

The False Road is a 1920 American silent drama film directed by Fred Niblo. A copy of the film is preserved at the Library of Congress.

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Plot

As described in a film publication, Betty Palmer (Bennett) is in a New York criminal gang. Her sweetheart, Roger Moran (Hughes), completes a two-year sentence at Sing Sing and surprises her when he announces at a banquet the gang gives in honor of his return that he is going straight. She refuses to leave her pals in the gang, so he leaves her and finally obtains work at a local bank in a small New England town. Later, the gang leader sends Betty and a confederate to rob the bank. Roger follows them back to New York and, by posing as a backslider, succeeds through Betty in recovering the stolen cash. Betty then abandons the life of crime and marries the man of her heart.

Cast

  • Enid Bennett as Betty Palmer
  • Lloyd Hughes as 'Pickpocket' Roger Moran
  • Wade Boteler as 'Sapphire' Mike Wilson
  • Lucille Young as 'Frisco' Minnie
  • Charles Smiley as Joshua Starbuck
  • Edith Yorke as Mother Starbuck
  • Gordon Mullen as Crook Chauffeur
  • References

    The False Road Wikipedia
    The False Road IMDb