The Strange Boarder (1920)
50m
Running Time
April 1, 1920Release Date
The Strange Boarder (1920)
50m
Running Time
April 1, 1920Release Date
Plot.
Honest Arizona rancher Sam Gardner, goes with his motherless son Billy to the city, where he is cheated out of ten thousand dollars by a band of crooks. Taking up residence in a boardinghouse where he meets Jane Ingraham, Sam decides that the only way to regain his losses is by gambling. To achieve this, he makes friends with gambler Kittie Hinch who takes him to Jack Bloom's gambling house. When Bloom begins flirting with Hinch's wife Florry, the injured husband kills his rival and the evidence points to Sam as the killer. Jane tries to provide him with an alibi, but fails. Just as things look grim for the rancher, a wire arrives from Hinch, now in Mexico, confessing to the crime. His faith in mankind thus rewarded, Sam is free to marry Jane
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Cast & Crew.
Will Rogers
Sam Gardner
Irene Rich
Jane Ingraham
Jimmy Rodgers
Billy Gardner
James Mason
Kittie Hinch
Jimmy Rogers
Billy Gardner
James Pier Mason
Kittie Hinch
Doris Pawn
Florry Hinch
Lionel Belmore
Jake Bloom
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Wiki.
The Strange Boarder is a lost 1920 American silent drama film directed by Clarence G. Badger and written by Edfrid A. Bingham. The film stars Will Rogers, Irene Rich, Jimmy Rogers, James Mason, Doris Pawn, and Lionel Belmore. The film was released in April 1920, by Goldwyn Pictures.