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Back Home and Broke

Back Home and Broke

Release: 1922-12-24 ·Runtime: 80m
Comedy Drama

When Tom Redding's wealthy father dies and it turns out that all he left Tom was a mountain of debts, all of his "friends" desert him--except young Mary Austin. Determined to get out from all his debt, Tom heads west and eventually strikes it rich with an oil well. Now wealthy, he hatches a plan to get even with his "friends" in his hometown--by pretending to return home broke but having a colleague secretly buy up as much property in town as he can.

Production Countries

United States of America

Production Companies

Famous Players-Lasky Corporation