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Man Under Cover

"Crook Story"

Paul Porter and his swindler friend Daddy Moffat visit Paul's hometown and find an old friend, Holt Langdon, local bank cashier, in trouble over oil investments. Because of his friendship and love for Langdon's sister, Margaret, Paul resolves to help him by robbing the bank. Finding Holt a victim of suicide inside the bank, he makes it appear that Holt died defending the premises. Paul determines to reform, and he aids Margaret by buying a local newspaper. When two confidence men induce the populace to invest in a fake oil well scheme, Paul and Daddy Moffat, with the help of lawyer Colonel Culpepper, start another phony oil well and force the confidence men to buy it out at a high price. Paul returns the townspeople's money and tells Margaret the story; she then agrees to marry him.

Top Cast

  • Herbert Rawlinson

    Herbert Rawlinson

    Paul Porter

  • George Hernandez

    George Hernandez

    Daddy Moffat

  • William Courtright

    William Courtright

    Mayor Harper

  • George Webb

    George Webb

    Jones Wiley

  • Edwin B. Tilton

    Edwin B. Tilton

    'Coal Oil' Chase

  • Gerald Pring

    Gerald Pring

    Holt Langdon

  • Barbara Bedford

    Barbara Bedford

    Margaret Langdon

  • Willis Marks

    Willis Marks

    Colonel Culpepper

  • Betty Eliason

    Betty Eliason

    Kiddie

Overview

Paul Porter and his swindler friend Daddy Moffat visit Paul's hometown and find an old friend, Holt Langdon, local bank cashier, in trouble over oil investments. Because of his friendship and love for Langdon's sister, Margaret, Paul resolves to help him by robbing the bank. Finding Holt a victim of suicide inside the bank, he makes it appear that Holt died defending the premises. Paul determines to reform, and he aids Margaret by buying a local newspaper. When two confidence men induce the populace to invest in a fake oil well scheme, Paul and Daddy Moffat, with the help of lawyer Colonel Culpepper, start another phony oil well and force the confidence men to buy it out at a high price. Paul returns the townspeople's money and tells Margaret the story; she then agrees to marry him.

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