Five Thousand an Hour
Cast & Crew
Ralph W. Ince
Hale Hamilton
Lucille Lee Stewart
Gilbert Douglas
Florence Short
Robert Whittier
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Synopsis
After his business partner, Paul Gresham, absconds with the company funds and books, Johnny Gamble's irrigation company folds, leaving him to pay his stockholders their claims. After parting with his last dollar, Johnny wins $15,000 on a long shot at the racetrack and meets the beautiful Constance Joy. When Johnny learns that Constance will inherit one million dollars if she weds Gresham at the end of six weeks, he decides to earn the same amount -- $5,000 an hour -- by that date and marry her himself. Despite Gresham's efforts to double-cross him, Johnny succeeds in earning all but $15,000 of the required million by the appointed time. With fifteen minutes left him, Johnny purchases a kiss from Constance for $15,000, thereby defeating Gresham and winning the girl he loves.
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Director
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Ralph W. Ince
Cast
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Hale Hamilton
Lucille Lee Stewart
Gilbert Douglas
Florence Short
Robert Whittier
Robert Middlemass
Isabel O'madigan
William Frederic
Warren Cook
Charles Edwards
Hardee Kirkland
Jack Bulger
William Cohill
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