A small town man takes a mail-order detective course. When a Black friend is murdered, he goes undercover in black-face to investigate at a notorious, knife-wielding bootlegger's roadhouse. Originally a 5-reel feature (50min), now only 2 reel edit exists.
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Lloyd Hamilton as Claude Sappington
Tom Wilson as Bill Jackson
Tom O'Malley as Uncle Eph
Irma Harrison as Darktown's Cleopatra
Edna May Sperl as Bill Jackson's Sweetheart
Sally Long as Claude's Sweetheart
Kate Bruce as Claude's Mother
Warren Cook as The Governor
Lucille La Verne as Aunt Lucy
John W. Noble Director
United States 16 March 1924
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