The Greater Duty(1922)
The Greater Duty Synopsis
When Bill Hinchley is wrongfully imprisoned his wife, Mary, becomes a schoolteacher out of necessity concealing from the school trustees that she is the wife of a convict. Sneaky Pete, Bill's cellmate, steals a letter from Mary to Bill, and, his term expired, follows Mary and extorts her, by threatening to cause her to lose her job by revealing her secret. Attempting to escape Bill gives up his chance at freedom to rescue the warden's children - and is later pardoned, coming home to wreak vengeance on Sneaky Pete, and justify Mary's faith in him.
The Greater Duty (1922) is a western film, released on February 1, 1922 with a runtime of 50m. It stars Gilbert M. Anderson, Carol Holloway, Frank Campeau and Melbourne MacDowell.
- Writers:
- Walter A. Rivers
- Producers:
- Gilbert M. Anderson
- Production:
- Amalgamated Producing Corporation, Metro Pictures Corporation
- Status:
- Released
The Greater Duty Cast & Crew
Main cast
Gilbert M. Anderson
as Bill Hinchley
Carol Holloway
as Mary Hinchley
Frank Campeau
as Sneaky Pete
Melbourne MacDowell
as The Warden
Key crew
written by Walter A. Rivers, produced by Gilbert M. Anderson.
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The main cast of The Greater Duty (1922) includes Gilbert M. Anderson, Carol Holloway, Frank Campeau and Melbourne MacDowell. You can see the full cast and crew list, with character names, further up this page.
When was The Greater Duty released?
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The Greater Duty was released on February 1, 1922 and runs for 50m.