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The Pretender (1918) | Slate

The Pretender

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The Pretender

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 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.

Released: 1918
Runtime: 50m
Genres: Comedy, Western
Country: United States of America

Direction and writing

Clifford SmithDirector

Alan JamesScreenplay

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Cast

William DesmondBob Baldwin
Ethel FlemingDolly Longstreet
Eugene BurrOthelo Actwell

Joseph FranzPercival Longstreet

Charles ThurstonHarold Whiteside

Graham PettieSeth Higgins

Percy ChallengerRev. Harold Upright

Walter PerkinsEzra Hoskish

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