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OPEN CLASSIC CINEMA · 1138

The Good Bad-Man

191650 minUnited States

Synopsis

An outlaw called Passin' Through steals to help fatherless children while knowing little about his own family history. A pursuing marshal knows more than he does, and affection for Amy brings him into rivalry with another bandit. His search for belonging sits uneasily beside his life outside the law.

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Video edition: Wikimedia Commons
Original language: No spoken dialogue. Intertitles: not identified.
This copy runs: 49:11
Subtitles: No subtitle track in this language

No spoken dialogue. Intertitles: not identified. No subtitle track in this language.

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Wikimedia Commons · Allan Dwan · Public domain

Cast

Douglas Fairbanks

DirectorsAllan Dwan

Behind the scenes

Douglas Fairbanks wrote and starred in Allan Dwan's Western. The original 1916 release does not survive; the available film comes from the reedited 1923 reissue.

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Douglas Fairbanks — Harris & Ewing · Public domain

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