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The False Road is a american film of genre Drama directed by Fred Niblo released in USA on 18 april 1920 with Enid Bennett

The False Road (1920)

The False Road
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Released in USA 18 april 1920
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OriginUSA
Genres Drama,    Crime
Rating57% 2.8682.8682.8682.8682.868

The False Road is a 1920 American silent drama film directed by Fred Niblo. A copy of the film is preserved at the Library of Congress.

Synopsis

As described in a film publication, Betty Palmer (Bennett) is in a New York criminal gang. Her sweetheart, Roger Moran (Hughes), completes a two year sentence at Sing Sing and surprises her when he announces at a banquet the gang gives in honor of his return that he is going straight. She refuses to leave her pals in the gang, so he leaves her and finally obtains work at a local bank in a small New England town. Later, the gang leader sends Betty and a confederate to rob the bank. Roger follows them back to New York and, by posing as a backslider, succeeds through Betty in recovering the stolen cash. Betty then abandons the life of crime and marries the man of her heart.

Actors

Enid Bennett

(Betty Palmer)Lloyd Hughes

(Roger Moran)Wade Boteler

(Mike Wilson)Lucille Younge

(“Frisco” Minnie)Edith Yorke

(Mother Starbuck)
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