28 Nov 1920
Dangerous Business
A 1920 film directed by Roy William Neill.
A STORY with the true adventures strain!
Brick Hubbard, a "printer's devil", convinces his friend Sid Fletcher to invest in "The Gazette", a local newspaper. Sid pens an editorial that infuriates Ira Gates, a local banker and a power in the town--and who also happens to be the father of Vivian Gates, whom Sidney is in love with. To complicate matters, the bank is robbed and Sidney is suspected of the crime.
Brick Hubbard
Sidney Fletcher
Vivian Gates
Ira Gates (as George Pearce)
Dora Kirk
Chet Quimby (as Harry Rattenberry)
28 Nov 1920
A 1920 film directed by Roy William Neill.
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