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Cast
Buck Jones | ... |
Bim
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Helen Ferguson | ... |
Mary Bruce
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Georgie Stone | ... |
Bill
(as George Stone)
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Duke R. Lee | ... |
Sheriff
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William Buckley | ... |
Harvey Cahill
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Edwin B. Tilton | ... |
Dr. Stone
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Eunice Murdock Moore | ... |
Mrs. Stone
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Bert Appling | ... |
Brakeman
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Slim Padgett | ... |
Outlaw
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John B. Cooke | ... |
Constable
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Pedro León | ... |
Outlaw (uncredited)
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Ida Tenbrook | ... |
Maid (uncredited)
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Helen Field | ... |
Townswoman (uncredited)
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Directed by
John Ford | ... | (as Jack Ford) |
Written by
John McDermott | ... | (story) |
Paul Schofield | ... | (scenario) |
Cinematography by
George Schneiderman |
Additional Crew
William Fox | ... | presenter |
Production Companies
Distributors
- Fox Film Corporation (1920) (United States) (theatrical)
- 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment (2007) (United States) (DVD)
Special Effects
Other Companies
- Panasonic Disc Services Corporation (PDSC) (DVD transfer)
Storyline
Plot Summary |
Bim is the town ne'er-do-well, lazy and shiftless, living a catch-as-catch-can existence. He feels no shame about his tattered clothing and seems impervious to the derision and ridicule he endures from his fellow citizens in his rural, early 20th Century village. Despite this, Bim is a kind-hearted soul, and that becomes very apparent when he rescues a young runaway from a beating by a railroad cop at the expense of being beaten himself. Young Bill reciprocates Bim's kindness and has to endure taunting and abuse from the school bully to defend his 'pal.' Bim wants Bill to rise above his station and encourages him to bathe and attend the town's modest one-room schoolhouse presided over by pretty schoolmarm Mary Bruce. She is being courted by the outwardly respectable bank clerk Harvey Cahill, who has embezzled funds from his employer and ungallantly presses the kind-hearted Mary into lending him the school memorial fund money she is entrusted with to cover the shortfall for the bank examiner. Things become complicated when the devious town doctor and his conniving wife discover that Bill may be a missing heir and unscrupulously conspire to wrest custody from Bim in order to claim the substantial reward themselves. The devious Cahill enters into league with a gang of bandits to rob the bank in order to cover the shortfall and blames his romantic rival Bim for the crime. Written by duke1029@aol.com |
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Taglines | He was a nobody, but he made good and won the girl (Print Ad-Times-Optimist, ((Gilman, Mont.)) 1 April 1921) See more » |
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Did You Know?
Trivia | This was John Ford's first picture with Fox Films after his contract with Universal Pictures expired. See more » |
Goofs | When Bim is on the porch talking to Cahill, the lighting on Bim's right side medium close-ups and left-side close-ups do not match. See more » |
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intertitle:
[Opening intertitle]
Every town has its "Bim" ____ the idol of its youths and bane of its elders. See more » |