Back Pay

The woman pays — but what part of the reckoning does she owe?

Back Pay — Plot

Hester Bevins is a simple country girl who yearns for adventure. Though she has a handsome young man, Jerry, who is devoted to her, she leaves her village and goes to New York in search of a grander life. There she becomes the lover of a wealthy and unscrupulous businessman. But when Jerry returns blinded and dying from the war, Hester must choose between her new life and the man whose loyalty to her has never failed.

• Release date
• January 8, 1922
• Runtime
• 90 min
• Genres
• Drama
• Director
• Frank Borzage

Back Pay — Cast

Seena Owen Hester Bevins Matt Moore Jerry Newcombe J. Barney Sherry Charles G. Wheeler

E

Ethel Duray Kitty

C

Charles Craig Speed

J

Jerry Sinclair Thomas Craig