A Conversation With the Filmmakers of 'When Men Were Men'
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The Fourteenth Man (1920)
During a quarrel at a Scottish inn, Captain Gordon wounds another officer and flees to New York with detective Jenks on his trail. Once there, he meets Marjory Seaton, an heiress whom her Uncle Tidmarsh is trying to marry to the profligate Winslow, but she is interested in fashionable sportsman Sylvester. One night at a ball, Gordon spies Jenks following him and, in the course of his escape, accepts refuge from a fight promoter named Brooks. At Brooks' request, Gordon substitutes for Sylvester's opponent, burglar Deacon, at a charity bout, and knocks out the real pugilist. Later, during a dinner party at the Tidmarshes', Gordon is mistaken for a lord and, when the real nobleman appears, is denounced as an impostor. A lost film.
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During a quarrel at a Scottish inn, Captain Gordon wounds another officer and flees to New York with detective Jenks on his trail. Once there, he meets Marjory Seaton, an heiress whom her Uncle Tidmarsh is trying to marry to the profligate Winslow, but she is interested in fashionable sportsman Sylvester. One night at a ball, Gordon spies Jenks following him and, in the course of his escape, accepts refuge from a fight promoter named Brooks. At Brooks' request, Gordon substitutes for Sylvester's opponent, burglar Deacon, at a charity bout, and knocks out the real pugilist. Later, during a dinner party at the Tidmarshes', Gordon is mistaken for a lord and, when the real nobleman appears, is denounced as an impostor. A lost film.
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Genre:Comedy
Written By:Walter Woods
In Theaters:9/1/1920
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Runtime:52 minutes
Studio:Paramount Pictures
Cast
Joseph Henabery
Director
Robert Warwick
Captain Douglas Gordon
Bebe Daniels
Marjory Seaton
Walter Hiers
Harry Brooks
Robert Milasch
Jenks (as Robert Milash)
Norman Selby
Dwight Sylvester
Sylvia Ashton
Mrs. Tidmarsh
Jim Farley
Monk Brady
Clarence Geldart
Major McDowell
Viora Daniel
Mrs. McDowell
Robert Dudley
Tidmarsh
Lucien Littlefield
Wesley Colfax Winslow
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