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The Desperate Hero (1920)
60 min | Comedy, Drama

The Desperate Hero (1920)

60 min | Comedy, Drama

Henry Baird, a young newspaperman with a second-hand car but little money, decides to raffle off the car at a county picnic, so that he can take out his sweetheart, Mabel Darrow, the daughter of a wealthy businessman. However, as soon as ...See moreHenry Baird, a young newspaperman with a second-hand car but little money, decides to raffle off the car at a county picnic, so that he can take out his sweetheart, Mabel Darrow, the daughter of a wealthy businessman. However, as soon as Henry gets the money, his tailor demands that he pay off his debt. Also, youngsters set the car on fire before he can give to the winner, Joseph Plant, whose wife Evelyn was formerly Henry's sweetheart. Henry arranges with Joe to work for two weeks at no charge at Joe's house, which is next door to Mabel's. Suspecting that Henry and Evelyn are still secretly fond of each other, Joe gives Henry only menial tasks to perform. Despite complications, including misunderstandings on the part of Mabel's father and the arrival of vamp Dorothy Kind pretending to be Henry's wife and the mother of his four children, Henry maintains his honor, thwarts a rival for Mabel's affections, and wins her hand. Written by AFI See less

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9 cast members

Name	Known for
Owen Moore Henry Baird Henry Baird See fewer	A Star Is Born (1937)
Gloria Hope Mabel Darrow Mabel Darrow See fewer	The Gay Lord Quex (1919)
Emmett King Philip Darrow Philip Darrow See fewer	As No Man Has Loved (1925)
Rube Miller Alan Moss (as Henry Miller Jr.) Alan Moss (as Henry Miller Jr.) See fewer	Shy Thirty Cents (1916)
Arthur Hoyt Whitty Whitty See fewer	It Happened One Night (1934)
Charles Arling Joseph Plant Joseph Plant See fewer	Back to God's Country (1919)
Nell Craig Evelyn Plant Evelyn Plant See fewer	3 Men in White (1944)
Virginia Caldwell Dorothy Kind Dorothy Kind See fewer	Lombardi, Ltd. (1919)
Tom Ricketts Butler Butler See fewer	Life's Blind Alley (1916)