Putting One Over

When a train crash kills Horace Barney, the heir to a fortune that his doctors and guardians were planning to extort the unscrupulous trio quickly substitute his double Jack Trevor who by chance was on the same locomotive but knocked unconscious. Once awakened, Jack realizes the duplicity but plays along to try and foil the plot and save the estate for Barney’s cousin Helen who is the true heir and with whom he has fallen in love.

Director

Edward Dillon

Screenplay

Raymond L. Schrock

Screenplay

Mary Imlay Taylor

Status

Released

Release date

22/06/1919

Original language

English