The Hero of the Hour

  • Genre: Western
  • Run time: 50 min
  • Premiere: 1917. April 23.

Billy Brooks, who exhibits an effeminate personality, leaves his Wall Street magnate father and goes on the road as a perfume salesman. In an effort to cure his son of his womanly ways, Brooks, Sr. wires Nebeker, an old rancher friend, to kidnap Billy from the train and "make a man of him."

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Jack Mulhall

Billy Brooks

Wadsworth Harris

Brooks Sr.

Fritzi Ridgeway

Mildred Nebeker

Eugene Owen

Nebeker

Fred Burns

Foreman

Millard K. Wilson

Mexican (as M.K. Wilson)

Grace McLean

Juanita (as Grace MacLean)

Noble Johnson

Native American

Directing

Raymond Wells

Director

Writing

Directing

Raymond Wells

Director

Writing