The Social Highwayman

The Social Highwayman

1916 · 50 min · Drama

Curtis Jaffray's mother, an Italian peasant, must steal to support herself, but genetic tendencies as well as economic necessity contribute to her penchant for robbery, as it is inherited by her son. After John, his British nobleman father, catches him stealing, Curtis runs away, but rather than try to change his nature, he decides to put his mother's legacy to good use. As a result, after he has risen to a prominent position in the United States, he starts stealing from those who belong to his own wealthy social set and then distributing the money among the poor.

Directed by Edwin August · Written by Frances Marion

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Edwin August John Jaffray / Curtis Jaffray
John St. Polis Hanby
Ormi Hawley Countess Rossi
Alice Claire Elliott Eleanore Hilton
Noah Beery Hugh Jaffray

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