The Desperate Hero (1920)
1h
Running Time
June 7, 1920
Release Date
Plot.
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.
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Cast & Crew.

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

Wesley Ruggles
Director

Zelda Crosby
Writer

Edgar Franklin
Story

Lewis J. Selznick
Producer
Details.
Release Date
June 7, 1920
Status
Released
Running Time
1h
Content Rating
NR
Genres
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This Movie Is About.
lost film
Wiki.
The Desperate Hero is a 1920 American silent comedy film directed by Wesley Ruggles and starring Owen Moore, Gloria Hope, Emmett King.