01 December 1920 Drama 15 mins
Two small-time criminals, Bill and Sam, kidnap a wealthy man's ten-year-old son, Johnny, to hold for ransom. Their plan backfires when the boy, who enjoys the kidnapping, becomes so unbearable and difficult that the men end up paying his father to take him back.
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Beulah Booker as Johnny's mother
Frank Hayes as Bill
Robert McKenzie as Sam
Charles Spere as Johnny
United States 01 December 1920
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