Film

The Strange Boarder

1920 · 50m · Western · Crime · Drama

Honest Arizona rancher Sam Gardner, goes with his motherless son Billy to the city, where he is cheated out of ten thousand dollars by a band of crooks. Taking up residence in a boardinghouse where he meets Jane Ingraham, Sam decides that the only way to regain his losses is by gambling. To achieve this, he makes friends with gambler Kittie Hinch who takes him to Jack Bloom's gambling house. When Bloom begins flirting with Hinch's wife Florry, the injured husband kills his rival and the evidence points to Sam as the killer. Jane tries to provide him with an alibi, but fails. Just as things look grim for the rancher, a wire arrives from Hinch, now in Mexico, confessing to the crime. His faith in mankind thus rewarded, Sam is free to marry Jane

Will Rogers

Sam Gardner

Irene Rich

Jane Ingraham

Jimmy Rodgers

Billy Gardner

James Mason

Kittie Hinch

Doris Pawn

Florry Hinch

Lionel Belmore

Jake Bloom

Sydney Deane

Dawson

Louis Durham

Sergeant Worrill

Jack Richardson

Westmark

• Clarence G. BadgerDirector
• Edfrid A. BinghamWriter

Release date

April 1, 1920

Status

Released

Original language

English

Runtime

50m

Genres

Western, Crime, Drama