Youth and Adventure

Youth and Adventure

The world-loved paragon of dare-deviltry in a crashing cycle of death-defying stunts-trading blows with Fate and beating it to the punch.

1925 · 60 min · ★ 9.0 · Comedy

Reggie Dillingham, a spendthrift socialite, is challenged by his lawyer to support himself for six months; Reggie finds a job as a newspaper editor to keep quiet about a compromising photo of a powerful politician, but soon discovers his boss is involved in bootlegging and uses the newspaper to expose him, despite threats, with the help of his loyal staff, leading to the boss's arrest and Reggie's financial windfall.

Directed by James W. Horne · Written by Frank Howard Clark

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Richard Talmadge Reggie Dillingham
Joseph W. Girard Clint Taggart
Margaret Landis Mary Ryan
Fred Kelsey Red Mullin
Katharine Lewis Phyllis
Pete Gordon Joe Potts

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