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When Joe Grantwood embezzles money, his half-brother Steve Martin takes the fall for it to spare his mother the embarrassment and shame, and leaves town to lead the life of a hobo. When he ... See full summary
When Joe Grantwood embezzles money, his half-brother Steve Martin takes the fall for it to spare his mother the embarrassment and shame, and leaves town to lead the life of a hobo. When he returns years later he discovers that his former sweetheart is now the widowed mother of a young son. He refuses a bribe offered by his stepbrother, and when Joe is murdered, Steve finds himself accused of it.

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    • Author: Detenta
    Report from Cinevent 2007: YOU ARE GUILTY! (**) James Kirkwood as one of two half-brothers, the other of whom has a mustache and, by the law of silent movie brothers, is therefore no good. Mustache brother embezzles, good brother takes the fall to spare (step-)Mother and hits the hobo trail, and soon he's haunted by The Whispering Chorus-- wait, that was another, not dissimilar movie. Not-bad 1923 silent in the kind of somber, philosophical-slash-depressed vein that pretty much vanished from Hollywood for good later in the decade; even when films like this aren't that great, they offer a fascinating window into the last moment when popular culture still reflected a general view that life was hard, sad and unlikely to end well.
  • Cast overview:
    James Kirkwood James Kirkwood - Stephen Martin
    Doris Kenyon Doris Kenyon - Alice Farrell
    Robert Edeson Robert Edeson - Theodore Tennent
    Mary Carr Mary Carr - Mrs. Grantwood
    Russell Griffin Russell Griffin - 'Buddy' Tennent
    Edmund Breese Edmund Breese - Judge Elkins
    Carlton Brickert Carlton Brickert - Joseph D. Grantwood
    Riley Hatch Riley Hatch - Murphy (as William Riley Hatch)
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