''A Double-Dyed Deceiver'' is a lost 1920 American silent crime-drama film directed by

Alfred E. Green Alfred Edward Green (July 11, 1889 – September 4, 1960) was an American film director. Green entered film in 1912 as an actor for the Selig Polyscope Company. He became an assistant to director Colin Campbell. Biography Green was born on Jul ...

and starring

Jack Pickford Jack Pickford (born John Charles Smith, August 18, 1896 – January 3, 1933), was a Canadian-American actor, film director and producer. He was the younger brother of actresses Mary and Lottie Pickford. After their father deserted the famil ...

. It was produced and distributed by the

Goldwyn Pictures Goldwyn Pictures Corporation was an American motion picture production company that operated from 1916 to 1924 when it was merged with two other production companies to form the major studio, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. It was founded on November 19, ...

company.

Plot

As described in a

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, 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

as The Llano Kid *Marie Dunn as Estella * James Neill as Senor Urique *

Edythe Chapman Edythe Chapman (October 8, 1863 – October 15, 1948) was an American stage and silent film actress. Career Born in Rochester, New York, Chapman began her stage career as early as 1898 when she appeared in New York City in ''The Charity Ball''. ...

as Senora Urique *

Sidney Ainsworth Charles Sydney Ainsworth (often credited as Sydney Ainsworth; December 21, 1872 – May 21, 1922) was a screen and stage actor who appeared in his first movie in 1909. He was born in Manchester, England and died in Madison, Wisconsin, United State ...

as Thacker * Manuel R. Ojeda as Secretary

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1920 films 1920 crime drama films 1920 lost films 1920s American films 1920s English-language films American black-and-white films American silent feature films English-language crime drama films Films based on American short stories Films based on works by O. Henry Films directed by Alfred E. Green Goldwyn Pictures films Lost American crime drama films Silent American crime drama films {{silent-crime-drama-film-stub