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The Jailbird (1920)
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50 min | Comedy, Drama

The Jailbird (1920)

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50 min | Comedy, Drama

Shakespeare Clancy is a jailbird who walks out with a crowd of visitors about the time "Skeeter" Burns, the prison printer, is discharged. When Clancy is notified that a legacy awaits him in Dodson, the pair depart for the small Western ...See moreShakespeare Clancy is a jailbird who walks out with a crowd of visitors about the time "Skeeter" Burns, the prison printer, is discharged. When Clancy is notified that a legacy awaits him in Dodson, the pair depart for the small Western town. Discovering that the bequest consists of a failing county newspaper and a plot of barren land, they decide to capitalize upon the land by selling the townspeople shares in a bogus oil well. Meanwhile, Clancy falls in love with Alice Whitney, the society editor of the paper. After Alice and her maiden aunt insist upon investing their savings in the well, Clancy and Skeeter decide that the time has come to leave town. They are about to make their getaway when they are stopped by a crowd of cheering citizens, ecstatic because the well has struck oil. Concluding that his destiny is to be an honest man, Clancy returns to jail to finish serving his term. Slipping into the crowd of visitors, he dons his prison clothes and resumes work as though nothing had happened. Written by AFI See less

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10 cast members

Name	Known for
Douglas MacLean Shakespeare Clancy Shakespeare Clancy See fewer	Never Say Die (1924)
Doris May Alice Whitney Alice Whitney See fewer	23 1/2 Hours' Leave (1919)
Louis Morrison 'Skeeter' Burns (as Lew Morrison) 'Skeeter' Burns (as Lew Morrison) See fewer	Peter Pan (1924)
William Courtright Noah Gibbs Noah Gibbs See fewer	Kit Carson (1928)
Wilbur Higby Joel Harvey Joel Harvey See fewer	Hoodoo Ann (1916)
Otto Hoffman Elkemah Pardee Elkemah Pardee See fewer	The Terror (1928)
Monte Collins Asa Grider (as Monty Collins) Asa Grider (as Monty Collins) See fewer	Our Hospitality (1923)
Bert Woodruff Grandpa Binney Grandpa Binney See fewer	Speedy (1928)
Edith Yorke Mrs. Whitney Mrs. Whitney See fewer	The Belle of Broadway (1926)
Joseph Hazelton Alva Finch (as Joe Hazelton) Alva Finch (as Joe Hazelton) See fewer	Oliver Twist (I) (1922)