The Profligate

Overview

Young lawyer Richard Potter and Irene Roberts are secretly engaged but Irene’s social climbing mother wants her to marry a wealthy man. To that end she schemes with banker David Winters to break up Richard and Irene and pair her with Winters profligate son Gerald Winters. They succeed temporarily but Gerald is a violent drunk who runs with a fast crowd and eventually ends up charged with murder. Though innocent Gerald has been well framed and faces the gallows until Irene appeals to Richard, now the District Attorney, for aid. At the eleventh hour a confession saves Richard, allowing Richard and Irene to reunite.

Directed by Tom Ricketts

Top cast

Edward Coxen

Richard Potter

Winifred Greenwood

Irene Roberts

George Field

Gerald Winters

Louise Lester

Mrs. Roberts

George Webb

Sam Murdock

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Charles Newton

Dan Lee

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Jimsy Maye

Polly Lee

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Dick La Reno

David Winters

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James L. McGee

Tom Mason

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