Back Home and Broke (1922)

9.0/10 80 min Comedy Drama

Overview

When Tom Redding's wealthy father dies and it turns out that all he left Tom was a mountain of debts, all of his "friends" desert him--except young Mary Austin. Determined to get out from all his debt, Tom heads west and eventually strikes it rich with an oil well. Now wealthy, he hatches a plan to get even with his "friends" in his hometown--by pretending to return home broke but having a colleague secretly buy up as much property in town as he can.

Cast

Thomas Meighan

Tom Redding

Lila Lee

Mary Thorne

Cyril Ring

Eustace Grimley

Richard Carlyle

John Thorne

Maude Turner Gordon

Mrs. Redding

Larry Wheat

Billy Andrews

Eddie Borden

Collector

Florence Dixon

Olivia Hornby

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