
The Ne'er-Do-Well
RELEASED • 1923 • COMEDY

Original
movie
Runtime
80m
Popularity
Trending Down
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.
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
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