The Ne'er-Do-Well

You've read or heard about this great story- now you'll see it in a marvelous production

The Ne'er-Do-Well — Plot

Disgusted with his spendthrift son, Kirk Anthony's father has Kirk shanghaied and taken to Panama, where he attracts the attention of Mrs. Edith Cortlandt. He subsequently falls in love with Chiquita, the daughter of a Panamanian general, gets a railroad job through Stephen Cortlandt and decides to make something of himself when he meets Allen Allan, a black mercenary. Stephen Cortlandt's death is blamed on Kirk until Edith produces a suicide note. He succeeds in his railroad position and returns to the United States with Chiquita to ask his father's forgiveness. A lost film.

• Release date
• April 29, 1923
• Runtime
• 80 min
• Genres
• Comedy
• Director
• Alfred E. Green

The Ne'er-Do-Well — Cast

Thomas Meighan Kirk Anthony Lila Lee Chiquita Gertrude Astor Edith Cortlandt John Miltern Stephen Cortlandt

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Gus Weinberg Andres Garavel Sidney Smith Ramón Alfarez (as Sid Smith) George O'Brien Clifford Jules Cowles Allen Allan