The Poor Rich Man

Dec 23, 1918

0h 50m

★ 6.0

Overview

Vantyne Carter is a playboy living in luxury off his father. Vantyne's cousin Teddy, meanwhile, leads a fine upstanding life -- or at least he appears to, so he can curry favor with his wealthy uncle, Vantyne's father. One day, the senior Carter, fed up with his son's antics, decides to play a trick on both Vantyne and Teddy. The old man and his lawyer go off on a hunting trip, and then the lawyer returns with news that Carter was killed in an accident.

Genres

Comedy

Drama

Production Companies

Metro Pictures Corporation

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Cast

Vantyne Carter

Francis X. Bushman

Arizona Brown

Beverly Bayne

Teddy Carter

Stuart Holmes

Edith Trentoni

Sally Crute

Hobo

Jules Cowles

Wrestler

Louis Wolheim

Pecos Bill Borwn

William Frederic

James Carter

C.J. Williams

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