The Deuce of Spades
Brief Synopsis
Amos, a Boston beanery owner inherits a restaurant out West and goes out to make his fortune. Unfortunately, the local card sharps take his last dime and show him up for a tenderfoot. So Amos sets out to become a gunslinger.
Cast & Crew
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Charles Ray
Director
Charles Ray
Amos
Marjorie Maurice
Sally
Lincoln Plumer
Elkhorn Jenkins
Phillip Dunham
Edwin Dobbs
Andrew Arbuckle
Fat Editor
Film Details
Release Date
May
1922
Premiere Information
not available
Production Company
Charles Ray Productions
Distribution Company
First National Exhibitors' Circuit, Inc.
Country
United States
Screenplay Information
Based on the short story "The Weight of the Last Straw" by Charles E. Van Loan (publication undetermined).
Technical Specs
Sound
Silent
Color
Black and White
Film Length
4,505ft
(5 reels)
Synopsis
Amos, an unsophisticated Bostonian, goes west to Little Butte, Montana, a relic of the mining days, where the town restaurant is turned over to him at gunpoint. With the help of Sally, the waitress, Amos converts the establishment into a model of cleanliness, and his business prospers so that he is able to return to Boston. At the railroad station Amos is victimized by an old card trick; this error costs him his savings, and returning to the town he finds that his restaurant has been decorated with deuces of spades. In a wild fury, he shoots up the town, and when the gamblers who fleeced him stop in he forces them to eat a special deuce-of-spades sandwich, recovers his losses from them, and chases them out of town.
Director
Charles Ray
Director
Cast
Charles Ray
Amos
Marjorie Maurice
Sally
Lincoln Plumer
Elkhorn Jenkins
Phillip Dunham
Edwin Dobbs
Andrew Arbuckle
Fat Editor
Dick Sutherland
Bouncer
Jack Richardson
Hawk-nose
J. P. Lockney
Restaurant owner
Gus Leonard
Peddler
Bert Offord
The Sponge
William Courtwright
Driver Bill
Crew
Film Details
Release Date
May
1922
Premiere Information
not available
Production Company
Charles Ray Productions
Distribution Company
First National Exhibitors' Circuit, Inc.
Country
United States
Screenplay Information
Based on the short story "The Weight of the Last Straw" by Charles E. Van Loan (publication undetermined).
Technical Specs
Sound
Silent
Color
Black and White
Film Length
4,505ft
(5 reels)
