The Ne'er-Do-Well

Overview

Disgusted with his spendthrift son, Kirk Anthony's father has Kirk shanghaied and taken to Panama, where he attracts the attention of Mrs. Edith Cortlandt. He subsequently falls in love with Chiquita, the daughter of a Panamanian general, gets a railroad job through Stephen Cortlandt and decides to make something of himself when he meets Allen Allan, a black mercenary. Stephen Cortlandt's death is blamed on Kirk until Edith produces a suicide note. He succeeds in his railroad position and returns to the United States with Chiquita to ask his father's forgiveness. A lost film.

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Cast

Thomas Meighan

Kirk Anthony

Lila Lee

Chiquita

Gertrude Astor

Edith Cortlandt

John Miltern

Stephen Cortlandt

Gus Weinberg

Andres Garavel

Sidney Smith

Ramón Alfarez (as Sid Smith)

George O'Brien

Clifford

Jules Cowles

Allen Allan

Larry Wheat

Runnels (as Laurance Wheat)

Cyril Ring