• Rating:
• Genre: Comedy
• Themes: Small-Town Life, Assumed Identities
• Director: W.S. Van Dyke
• Release Year: 1922
• Run Time: 5rl minutes

Plot

Future director David Butler plays a hobo who aspires to become a business success. Taking a correspondence course which advises him (in part) to "put on a big bluff", Butler heads to a small town, where he poses as a prominent miner. Before the ruse can be revealed, Butler has rescued the town from financial disaster. He also wins the girl, played by Helen Ferguson. Directing According to Hoyle with his customary express-train speed was Woody "One Take"VanDyke. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide

Cast

Fred J. Butler - Dude Miller
Helen Ferguson - Doris Mead
Harry Todd - Jim RiLqqs
David Butler - "Box Car" Simmons
Philip Ford - Jim Mead
Hal Wilson - Bellboy

Credit

Arthur Todd - Cinematographer; W.S. Van Dyke - Director; John B. Clymer - Screenwriter