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You Never Know Your Luck

The Sensational Hit! A romance of a proud man, too proud to live on his wife's money; he comes to America to start again.
Nov 17, 1919 · 50m
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Drama

PLOT

Ranch foreman Kerry has boarded with Kitty Tynan and her mother for five years in western Canada, his past is a mystery to everyone. He is actually an English aristocrat who lost all his money gambling and left the country in search of work. Kerry and his friend Horan own an option on property which crooked lawyer Burlingame is trying to secure. Burlingame's cohort Logan murders Hogan, and is caught and arrested. In the trial, Burlingame forces Kerry to admit his past, and succeeds in preventing Kerry from receiving bank assistance. When Kerry is shot, Kitty opens a letter from Kerry's wife that he had been carrying for five years, and cables her. Kerry's wife arrives and informs him that his last bet in England had turned out to be a $20,000 winner. Kerry is able to use the money just in time to foil Burlingame and secure the property, thus winning prosperity and the affections of his wife.

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CAST

House Peters
J.G. Kerry
Claire Whitney
Frank Nelson
Mildred Southwick
Kitty Tynan
Bertram Marburgh
Marion Dyer
Charles Hammond
Directed by Frank Powell

DETAILS

Status
Released
Original language
EN
Budget
—
Revenue
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Production
Sunset Pictures
Country
US

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