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The Jack-Knife Man
The Jack-Knife Man
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11 Ratings

THE JACK-KNIFE MAN

Directed by King Vidor
United States, 1920
Silent, Drama

Synopsis

A lonely old riverboat man is left a child by a dying mother. The old man and the boy grow to love one another. The village snoop feels the child would be better off in an orphanage and the sheriff is sent to try to take the child away.

Synopsis

A lonely old riverboat man is left a child by a dying mother. The old man and the boy grow to love one another. The village snoop feels the child would be better off in an orphanage and the sheriff is sent to try to take the child away.