"In This New Play Fairbanks Performs Amazing Feats" 30 December 1917 Adventure, Comedy, Western 68 mins
A young man grows restless living in a small Kansas town, dreaming of the adventures of the Three Musketeers. So in hopes of becoming a modern D'Artagnan, he mounts his steed (a Model T Ford) and sets out across the West in search of excitement and adventure.
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Douglas Fairbanks as Ned Thacker / D'Artagnan
Marjorie Daw as Elsie Dodge
Kathleen Kirkham as Mrs. Dodge
Eugene Ormonde as Forrest Vandeteer
Edythe Chapman as Mrs. Thacker
Frank Campeau as Chin-de-dah
Tully Marshall as James Brown
James Pier Mason as Bandit (uncredited)
Zasu Pitts as A Kansas Belle (uncredited)
Charles Stevenson as Indian (uncredited)
Allan Dwan Director
William Shea Editor
Douglas Fairbanks Producer
Harris Thorpe Director of Photography
Allan Dwan Writer
Hugh McClung Director of Photography
Allan Dwan Editor
John Fairbanks General Manager
United States 30 December 1917
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