
A Double-Dyed Deceiver (1920)
Overview
Most of the scenes are laid in a parrot-and-monkey country in South America, a land where "it is always after dinner." The Llano Kid, a Texas bad man, flees there from justice. The consul persuades him to play the long-lost son of a Castilian family, and tattoos a coat of arms on the back of the Kid's hand to make the deception complete. The Kid is taken into the household, trusted and loved by the gladdened mother. For the first time he has a home. The romance develops. And when the time comes to rob and flee he has too much manhood to break the loving mother's heart. The surprise comes when it is revealed that the man the Kid killed in Texas was the real son.
What is A Double-Dyed Deceiver about?
Most of the scenes are laid in a parrot-and-monkey country in South America, a land where "it is always after dinner." The Llano Kid, a Texas bad man, flees there from justice. The consul persuades him to play the long-lost son of a Castilian family, and tattoos a coat of arms on the back of the Kid's hand to make the deception complete. The Kid is taken into the household, trusted and loved by the gladdened mother. For the first time he has a home. The romance develops. And when the time comes to rob and flee he has too much manhood to break the loving mother's heart. The surprise comes when it is revealed that the man the Kid killed in Texas was the real son. A Double-Dyed Deceiver is a Crime, Drama, Western movie, released on 1920-06-22, runtime 50 minutes.
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Directed by
Alfred E. Green
Cast
- Jack Pickford as The Llano Kid
- Marie Dunn as Estella
- James Neill as Senor Urique
- Edythe Chapman as Senora Urique
- Sidney Ainsworth as Thacker
- Manuel R. Ojeda as Secretary
- Buddy McQuoid as Young Llana Kid
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