A Son of Erin

Nov 9, 1916

0h 56m

★ 5.0

Overview

Dennis O'Hara is a poverty-stricken Irishman who believes that if he comes to America he will immediately land a job as a policeman. So he manages to scrape together the funds to get him to Manhattan, and leaves his sweetheart Katie O'Grady behind while he makes his fortune. Naturally he discovers that joining the force isn't as easy as he expected, and when he does finally get in, he winds up in trouble because of the graft collections of his boss.

Genres

Comedy

Drama

Romance

Production Companies

Pallas Pictures

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Cast

Dennis O'Hara

Dustin Farnum

Katie O'Grady

Winifred Kingston

Patrick O'Grady

Tom Bates

Brian Trelawney

Jack Livingston

Terence

Wilfred McDonald

Dan O'Keefe

Wallace Pyke

George Harding

Lee Willard

Florence Harding

Mabel Wiles

John D. Haynes (as Hugh B. Koch)

Hugo B. Koch

Captain Brady

J.H. Hazelton

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