The False Road

The False Road is a 1920 American silent drama film directed by Fred Niblo. A copy of the film is preserved at the Library of Congress.^[1][2][3]

The False Road
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Directed by	Fred Niblo
Written by	C. Gardner Sullivan
Produced by	Thomas H. Ince
Starring	Enid Bennett Lloyd Hughes
Cinematography	George Barnes
Distributed by	Paramount Pictures
Release date	April 18, 1920 (1920-04-18)
Country	United States
Language	Silent (English intertitles)

Plot

As described in a film publication,^[4] Betty Palmer (Bennett) is in a New York criminal gang. Her sweetheart, Roger Moran (Hughes), completes a two-year sentence at Sing Sing and surprises her when he announces at a banquet the gang gives in honor of his return that he is going straight. She refuses to leave her pals in the gang, so he leaves her and finally obtains work at a local bank in a small New England town. Later, the gang leader sends Betty and a confederate to rob the bank. Roger follows them back to New York and, by posing as a backslider, succeeds through Betty in recovering the stolen cash. Betty then abandons the life of crime and marries the man of her heart.

Cast

• Enid Bennett as Betty Palmer
• Lloyd Hughes as 'Pickpocket' Roger Moran
• Wade Boteler as 'Sapphire' Mike Wilson
• Lucille Young as 'Frisco' Minnie
• Charles Smiley as Joshua Starbuck
• Edith Yorke as Mother Starbuck
• Gordon Mullen as Crook Chauffeur