Film
The Prodigal Judge
United States- Age rating
- NR
- Director
- Edward José
- Year
- 1922
A Mighty Emotional Photoplay, Heart-Stirring and Thrillingly Dramatic!
The story takes place in the pre-Civil War era South. Judge Price has a fondness for liquor which really goes into overdrive after his wife runs away with another man and she takes their boy with her. He then spends his time wandering around the country with his tee-totaling pal, Solomon Mahaffy. Years pass and the judge learns that his wife has died and her lover is trying to get his hands on her son's inheritance.
Top cast
Jean Paige
Betty Malroy
Macklyn Arbuckle
Judge Slocum Price
Ernest Torrence
Solomon Mahaffy
Earle Foxe
Bruce Carrington
Arthur Edmund Carewe
Col. Fentress
Horace Braham
Charles Norton
Charles Kent
Gen. Quintard
Charles Eaton
Hannibal
Robert Milasch
Bob Yancy
George Bancroft
Cavendish
Peggy Shanor
Bess Hicks
Lillian Van Arsdale
Mrs. Cavendish
Mary Curran
Mrs. Hicks
Directed by
Edward José
Written by
Edward José, John Lynch