The Profligate

The Profligate — Plot

Young lawyer Richard Potter and Irene Roberts are secretly engaged but Irene’s social climbing mother wants her to marry a wealthy man. To that end she schemes with banker David Winters to break up Richard and Irene and pair her with Winters profligate son Gerald Winters. They succeed temporarily but Gerald is a violent drunk who runs with a fast crowd and eventually ends up charged with murder. Though innocent Gerald has been well framed and faces the gallows until Irene appeals to Richard, now the District Attorney, for aid. At the eleventh hour a confession saves Richard, allowing Richard and Irene to reunite.

• Release date
• May 11, 1916
• Runtime
• 21 min
• Genres
• Drama
• Director
• Tom Ricketts

The Profligate — Cast

Edward Coxen Richard Potter Winifred Greenwood Irene Roberts George Field Gerald Winters Louise Lester Mrs. Roberts George Webb Sam Murdock

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Charles Newton Dan Lee

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Jimsy Maye Polly Lee

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Dick La Reno David Winters