24 August 1919 Adventure, Comedy 70 mins
Edward Campbell, known as Checkers, is a racetrack tout. Determined to reform himself, he foreswears gambling, but must take it up once more in order to save someone he loves from disaster.
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Thomas Carrigan as Checkers (as Thomas J. Carrigan)
Jean Acker as Pert Barlow
Robert Elliott as Kendal
Tammany Young as Push Miller
Bertram Marburgh as Judge Marlow
Edward Sedgwick as Pete
Ellen Cassidy as Alva Romaine (as Ellenn Cassity)
Henry Martyn Blossom Theatre Play
Henry Martyn Blossom Novel
Adrian Johnson Writer
Richard Stanton Director
United States 24 August 1919
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