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The Streets of New York

The Streets of New York

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Status

Released

Release Date

Nov 15, 1922

Runtime

1h 10m

Genres

Drama

Original Title

The Streets of New York

Production Companies

Burton King Productions

Director

Burton L. King

Description

Badger, a clerk at a Wall Street brokerage, discovers that his boss Gideon Bloodgood has swindled an investor, Fairweather, out of his money. Fairweather dies of a heart attack after an argument with Bloodgood, and Badger uses this knowledge to blackmail him. By a strange coincidence, Bloodgood's daughter Lucy runs over Fairweather's son, Paul, and cripples him.