''Just Off Broadway'' is a 1924 American silent

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directed by Edmund Mortimer and written by Frederic Hatton and Fanny Hatton. The film stars John Gilbert,

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, Pierre Gendron, and Ben Hendricks Jr. The film was released on January 20, 1924, by

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Plot

As described in a film magazine review, Jean Lawrence, a dancer, jobless and hungry, faints in a restaurant just off

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. Rescued by Nan Norton, she becomes involved in a counterfeiting plot. A prowler is searching in Nan's apartment, who then turns off his flashlight steps out onto the balcony when Nan and Jean arrive. Ten seconds later, two detectives arrive, tell Nan that they "have the goods on her," and arrest Nan. "Smooth" Moran, Nan's sweetheart and leader of the gang, dies in London. He has made a friend and supposed acquaintance of Stephen Moore in Paris, and had asked him to look after Nan. In a series of hectic events, the crooks all seem to be detectives and the detectives crooks. The outcome is a perfectly legitimate romance between Jean and Stephen, who is not a crook but is a millionaire amateur detective.

Cast

* John Gilbert as Stephen Moore *

as Jean Lawrence *

as Nan Norton * Pierre Gendron as Florelle *Ben Hendricks Jr. as Comfort

Preservation

With no prints of ''Just Off Broadway'' located in any film archives, it is considered a

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.The Library of Congress American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog: ''Just Off Broadway''
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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Just Off Broadway (1924 film) 1924 films 1924 drama films 1924 lost films 1920s American films 1920s English-language films American black-and-white films American silent feature films English-language drama films Films directed by Edmund Mortimer Fox Film films Lost American drama films Lost silent American films Silent American drama films