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1920 film by Alfred E. Green

A Double-Dyed Deceiver
Directed byAlfred E. Green
Written byEdward T. Lowe Jr.
Based ona story, "Double-Dyed Deceiver", by O. Henry c.1905
Produced byGoldwyn Pictures
StarringJack Pickford
CinematographyClyde Cook
Distributed byGoldwyn Pictures
Release date
  • June 1920 (1920-06)
Running time50 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageSilent (English intertitles)

A Double-Dyed Deceiver is a lost 1920 American silent crime-drama film directed by Alfred E. Green and starring Jack Pickford. It was produced and distributed by the Goldwyn Pictures company.

Plot

As described in a film magazine, The Llano Kid (Pickford), after killing a Mexican in Texas, flees to Buennas Tierras, South America. The American counsel, seeking to rob an aristocratic Spanish family whose son disappeared years ago, schemes to use the Kid as a fence by having him pose as the lost son. The Kid is received royally by the family and for the first time he experiences love. Transformed through the experience of motherly love, the Kid rebels and he refuses to rob his benefactors. Instead, he falls in love with a relative and stays with the family.

Cast

References

  1. The Library of Congress/FIAF American Silent Feature Film Survivor Catalog: A Double-Dyed Deceiver
  2. The AFI Catalog of Feature Films: A Double-Dyed Deceiver
  3. "Reviews: A Double-Dyed Deceiver". Exhibitors Herald. 10 (26). New York City: Exhibitors Herald Company: 85. June 26, 1920.

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Films directed by Alfred E. Green
Silent films
Sound films


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