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A Man Must Live

"BROKE, starving, desperate- was jungle law- kill or be killed- justified? You see few pictures with the mighty heart-punch of this one"

Jeff Farnell, forced by circumstances to take a job on a New York scandal sheet while he awaits the settlement of his claim against a steel company. Job Hardcastle, the hardened city editor of the paper, sends Jeff to get a story on "Mops" Collins, a society divorcée who has been reduced to dancing in a cabaret. Jeff takes pity on Mops, who is dying of consumption, and takes her into his apartment, telling Hardcastle that he could not find her. Afraid of losing his job, Jeff hunts for a big story, finding it when he discovers that Clive Ross-Fayne, a friend he thought lost in the war, has been arraigned on charges of narcotics peddling. (Pamela Short)

Top Cast

  • Richard Dix

    Richard Dix

    Geoffrey Farnell

  • Jacqueline Logan

    Jacqueline Logan

    'Mops' Collins

  • George Nash

    George Nash

    Job Hardcastle

  • Edna Murphy

    Edna Murphy

    Eleanor Ross-Fayne

  • Charles Byer

    Charles Byer

    Clive Ross-Fayne (as Charles Beyer)

  • Dorothy Walters

    Dorothy Walters

    Mrs. Jaynes

  • William Ricciardi

    William Ricciardi

    Cabaret Owner

  • Arthur Housman

    Arthur Housman

    Tod Cragge

  • Lucius Henderson

    Lucius Henderson

    Ross-Fayne

Overview

Jeff Farnell, forced by circumstances to take a job on a New York scandal sheet while he awaits the settlement of his claim against a steel company. Job Hardcastle, the hardened city editor of the paper, sends Jeff to get a story on "Mops" Collins, a society divorcée who has been reduced to dancing in a cabaret. Jeff takes pity on Mops, who is dying of consumption, and takes her into his apartment, telling Hardcastle that he could not find her. Afraid of losing his job, Jeff hunts for a big story, finding it when he discovers that Clive Ross-Fayne, a friend he thought lost in the war, has been arraigned on charges of narcotics peddling. (Pamela Short)

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