The Masquerade Bandit

The Masquerade Bandit

The Masquerade Bandit

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The Masquerade Bandit

1926

0h 50m

9.0(1 votes)

Western

Overview

A young woman, Molly Marble, is enmeshed in a train robbery by her crooked step-father. She meets a stranger, Jeff Morton, and suspects he knows where the loot is hidden. For the sake of her relatives, she must try to 'vamp' this information from him but, instead, she falls in love with him.

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9 featured cast members

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Tom Tyler

Tom Tyler

Jeff Morton

Dorothy Dunbar

Dorothy Dunbar

Molly Marble

Ethan Laidlaw

Ethan Laidlaw

Duncan

Frankie Darro

Frankie Darro

Tim Marble

Alfred Hewston

Pat

Ray Childs

Spike

Raye Hampton

Kate Mahoney

Earl Haley

Tony

Beans the Dog

Creative team

Directed by: Robert De Lacey
Written by: Ethel Hill
Enid Hibbard

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