Man Under Cover

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Man Under Cover (1922)

Directed by Tod Browning

“Crook Story”

Crime, Drama · 46m

Paul Porter and his swindler friend Daddy Moffat visit Paul's hometown and find an old friend, Holt Langdon, local bank cashier, in trouble over oil investments. Because of his friendship and love for Langdon's sister, Margaret, Paul resolves to help him by robbing the bank. Finding Holt a victim of suicide inside the bank, he makes it appear that Holt died defending the premises. Paul determines to reform, and he aids Margaret by buying a local newspaper. When two confidence men induce the populace to invest in a fake oil well scheme, Paul and Daddy Moffat, with the help of lawyer Colonel Culpepper, start another phony oil well and force the confidence men to buy it out at a high price. Paul returns the townspeople's money and tells Margaret the story; she then agrees to marry him.

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Cast

Herbert Rawlinson Paul Porter George Hernandez Daddy Moffat William Courtright Mayor Harper George Webb Jones Wiley Edwin B. Tilton 'Coal Oil' Chase
G
Gerald Pring Holt Langdon Barbara Bedford Margaret Langdon Willis Marks Colonel Culpepper
B
Betty Eliason Kiddie
B
Betty Stone Kiddie

Crew

Director
Tod Browning
Director of Photography
Virgil Miller

Details

Release date
1922-10-04
Runtime
46m
Genres
Crime, Drama
Original language
EN
Spoken languages
No Language
Countries
United States of America
Production
Universal Film Manufacturing Company