Mike Kildare, a swaggering youth from New York City's Bowery at the turn of the century, comes to the defense of Mamie Rose, a mender in a secondhand clothing shop, when his own gang of Irish-Americans insult her.
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Mary Philbin as Mamie Rose
Pat O'Malley as Mike Kildare
William Collier Jr. as Max Davidson
Lincoln Plumer as Mike Flavin (the boss)
Ed Brady as Jackie Doodle (as Edwin J. Brady)
Max Davidson as Old Levi
Kate Price as Mrs. Flannigan
Charles Murray as Mamie's Father
James Sheridan as Ole Larsen (as Sherry Tansey)
Steve Murphy as Chuck Connors
Tom O'Brien as Philadelphia O'Brien
Irving Cummings Director
Owen Frawley Kildare Story
William Fildew Director of Photography
Emil Forst Writer
Lenore J. Coffee Writer
Harvey Gates Writer
United States 01 March 1924
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