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The Greater Duty

The Greater Duty

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Western

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When Bill Hinchley is wrongfully imprisoned his wife, Mary, becomes a schoolteacher out of necessity concealing from the school trustees that she is the wife of a convict. Sneaky Pete, Bill's cellmate, steals a letter from Mary to Bill, and, his term expired, follows Mary and extorts her, by threatening to cause her to lose her job by revealing her secret. Attempting to escape Bill gives up his chance at freedom to rescue the warden's children - and is later pardoned, coming home to wreak vengeance on Sneaky Pete, and justify Mary's faith in him.

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Budget

$--

Revenue

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Status

Released

Original Language

English

Runtime

50 mins

Rating

0/10

Release Date

01 February 1922

Country

United States of America

Cast

Gilbert M. Anderson

Gilbert M. Anderson

Bill Hinchley

Carol Holloway

Carol Holloway

Mary Hinchley

Frank Campeau

Frank Campeau

Sneaky Pete

Melbourne MacDowell

Melbourne MacDowell

The Warden

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