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Cyclone Higgins, D.D.

Cyclone Higgins, D.D.

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ComedyDrama

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Anson Campbell returns from the seminary to a small village on the New England coast. When the puritanical villagers persecute Bess Morgan, a "fallen" woman, he sticks up for her, telling them that their form of "Christianity" isn't Christian at all. This has no effect on the bigoted villagers and they turn their anger on him. Complications ensue.

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Budget

$--

Revenue

$--

Status

Released

Original Language

English

Runtime

50 mins

Rating

0/10

Release Date

13 May 1918

Country

United States of America

Cast

Francis X. Bushman

Francis X. Bushman

Cyrus 'Cyclone' Higgins, D.D.

Beverly Bayne

Beverly Bayne

Sally Phillips

Baby Ivy Ward

Baby Ivy Ward

Dorothea

Charles Fang

Charles Fang

Johnathon Moses Chi Wu Lung

Helen Dunbar

Helen Dunbar

Mary Higgins

Eugene Borden

Eugene Borden

Owen Chase

Jack Prescott

Jack Prescott

Jasper Stone

Sue Balfour

Sue Balfour

The Widow Pryor

Pop Kennard

Pop Kennard

Old Settler

Robert Carson

Robert Carson

Sheriff

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