Movie

The Good Bad Boy
1924 · 60 min
A gentle small-town silent drama about a scrappy kid defending his dreamer father, sentimental and easy to follow.
- Directed by
- Edward F. Cline
- Genres
- Drama
- Starring
- Joe Butterworth, Mary Jane Irving, Forrest Robinson
- Overview
- Billy Benson has a reputation as a "bad boy" largely due to his habit of winding up in fist fights. Billy is usually fighting to defend his dad's reputation. John Benson is the town ne'er-do-well: a failed inventor who has labored the past 20 years on what he believes is a revolutionary fire extinguisher. Wealthy businessman Walter Howe realizes that it really is a million-dollar idea, and plots...
- How it feels
- Earnest, warm and melancholic. Measured and easy to follow.
- About
- Family, rebellion, class, justice
- Content
- Mild violence. No gore, sexual content or swearing.
- Note
- Written by AI, so it can be wrong. Full breakdown
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- Directed by
- Edward F. Cline
- Genres
- Drama
- Starring
- Joe Butterworth, Mary Jane Irving, Forrest Robinson






