Name: Irish Luck
Released: 1925
Cast: Thomas Meighan, Lois Wilson, Cecil Humphreys, Claude King, Ernest Lawford

Cast & Crew

Film Details

Release Date

Dec 7, 1925

Premiere Information

New York premiere: 22 Nov 1925

Production Company

Famous Players-Lasky Corp.

Distribution Company

Paramount Pictures

Country

United States

Screenplay Information

Based on the novel The Imperfect Imposter by Norman Venner (New York, 1925).

Technical Specs

Sound

Silent

Color

Black and White

Film Length

7,008ft (7 reels)

Synopsis

Tom Donahue, a New York traffic cop, wins a trip to Europe in a newspaper contest, and he decides to visit relatives in Ireland. Arriving in Dublin, he learns that he is an exact double for Lord Fitzhugh, a young Irish aristocrat with whom he becomes friends. The Earl of Killarney, Fitzhugh's uncle, who is on his deathbed, wishes to see his favorite nephew and wipe out past animosities. Fitzhugh, in the meantime, has disappeared, and his sister, Lady Gwendolyn, persuades Tom to take his place. Tom successfully impersonates Fitzhugh, thus assuring the latter's inheritance, and uncovers a conspiracy led by Douglas, another nephew, to kill Fitzhugh after the uncle's death and thus gain the estate. Fitzhugh is freed, and Tom wins the hand of Gwendolyn.