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directed by

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and starring

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, Alice Lake and Gertrude Claire.Munden p.216

Plot

As part of her rehabilitation, a reformed female crook is sent to work for a man who was robbed by her partners. Over time she falls in love with him but the return of her formal criminal associates drags her back to her old life.

Cast

as Steve MacLaren * Alice Lake as Sally 'Chicago Sal' Dolan * Ben Hewlett as Willie Boy Toval * Gertrude Claire as Grandma MacLaren * Richard Headrick as Jimmie * Ralph Lewis as Diamond Jim Favre

References

Bibliography

* Connelly, Robert B. ''The Silents: Silent Feature Films, 1910-36, Volume 40, Issue 2''. December Press, 1998. * Munden, Kenneth White. ''The American Film Institute Catalog of Motion Pictures Produced in the United States, Part 1''. University of California Press, 1997.

External links

* 1922 films 1922 crime films American silent feature films American crime films Films directed by Irving Cummings American black-and-white films 1920s American films {{1920s-US-film-stub