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The Small Town Guy
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The Small Town Guy

Dec 3, 1917
0h 50m
★ 0.0

Overview

Coaxed by sharpers, who seek to profit by his rustic innocence, the boy from the small town goes to the city with them and become, innocently enough, a successful swindler, but he learns of the deception and returns home, too ashamed to seek his old sweetheart. The crooks return to try a blackmail game, but Ernie's eyes are opened now. He cleans up in whirlwind fashion.

Genres

Comedy
Drama

Production Companies

Perfection Pictures
The Essanay Film Manufacturing Company

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Cast

Taylor Holmes

Ernest Gledhill

Taylor Holmes

Helen Ferguson

Eleanor Ramsdell

Helen Ferguson

Fred Tiden

Swell Dresser

Fred Tiden

Mark Ellison

Slim McClearn

Mark Ellison

James F. Fulton

Major Dymon

James F. Fulton