Like Wildfire

May 21, 1917

0h 50m

★ 0.0

Overview

Tommy Buckman, the ne'er-do-well son of dime store magnate John Buckman, is given one last chance to succeed by surveying a possible location in New England for the opening of another store in his father's chain. Arriving in the town of Winton, Tommy lands in jail and, disowned by his father, is bailed out by Nina Potter, whose father owns the only dime store in town.

Genres

Comedy

Drama

Production Companies

Universal Film Manufacturing Company

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Cast

Tommy Buckman

Herbert Rawlinson

Nina Potter

Neva Gerber

John S. Buckman

L.M. Wells

Phillip Potter

John Cook

William Tobias

Howard Crampton

Brown

Burton Law

Phil

Willard Wayne

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