Laughing Bill Hyde

Laughing Bill Hyde

Laughing Bill Hyde

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Laughing Bill Hyde

1918

1h 6m

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Comedy

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Convict Bill Hyde and his friend, Danny Dorgan, break out of prison, but in running from the guards, Danny is mortally wounded. The local doctor, Evan Thomas, tries so hard to save Danny that later, when Bill and the doctor meet in Alaska, the two become friends. A dying man gives his mine to the doctor, but upon discovering that it is worthless, Bill sells it to a crook named John Wesley Slayforth...

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Will Rogers

Will Rogers

Bill Hyde

Anna Lehr

Anna Lehr

Ponotah

John St. Polis

John St. Polis

Black Jack Burg

Clarence Oliver

Dr. Evan Thomas

Joseph Herbert

Joseph Wesley Slayforth

Robert Conville

Denny Slevin

Dan Mason

Dan Mason

Denny Dorgan

Mabel Ballin

Mabel Ballin

Alice Walker

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Directed by: Hobart Henley
Written by: Rex Beach
Produced by: Samuel Goldwyn

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