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The Pretender (1918)
50 min | Comedy, Western

The Pretender (1918)

50 min | Comedy, Western

After Bob Baldwin is fired for playing too many jokes on the tenderfoot owner of the Diamond K Ranch, he sets out for the nearby town of Freloe Beanos and meets Percival Longstreet on the way. Percival has been seriously injured in an ...See moreAfter Bob Baldwin is fired for playing too many jokes on the tenderfoot owner of the Diamond K Ranch, he sets out for the nearby town of Freloe Beanos and meets Percival Longstreet on the way. Percival has been seriously injured in an accident and is therefore unable to assume his duties as the town's new schoolmaster. Distressed, Percival confesses that he and his sister Dolly, who is en route to the town, are doomed to starve, which so moves Bob that he agrees to serve as the schoolmaster during Percival's convalescence. Although the uneducated cowboy suffers great discomfort in the classroom, he pleases the town authorities and charms Dolly, who soon falls in love with her supposed brother. Actor Otheloe Actwell becomes jealous of Dolly's affections for Bob, and upon discovering that the cowboy is an impostor, he has Bob fired. Soon afterwards, Bob prevents Actwell from robbing the box office, whereupon the townspeople elect him the new sheriff. Written by AFI See less

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9 cast members

Name	Known for
William Desmond Bob Baldwin Bob Baldwin See fewer	Around the World in Eighteen Days (1923)
Ethel Fleming Dolly Longstreet Dolly Longstreet See fewer	The Kiss (1916)
Eugene Burr Othelo Actwell Othelo Actwell See fewer	The House of Terror (1928)
Joseph Franz Percival Longstreet (as Joseph J. Franz) Percival Longstreet (as Joseph J. Franz) See fewer	The Desperate Game (1925)
Charles Thurston Harold Whiteside (as C.E. Thurston) Harold Whiteside (as C.E. Thurston) See fewer	Doubling for Romeo (1921)
Graham Pettie Seth Higgins Seth Higgins See fewer	You Never Can Tell (1920)
Percy Challenger Rev. Harold Upright Rev. Harold Upright See fewer	The Spirit of Romance (1917)
Walter Perkins Ezra Hoskish Ezra Hoskish See fewer	Peaceful Valley (I) (1920)
Joseph Singleton Hi Newsome (as Joe Singleton) Hi Newsome (as Joe Singleton) See fewer	The Squaw Man (1914)