Laughing Bill Hyde

Story

Synopsis

Convict Bill Hyde and his friend, Danny Dorgan, break out of prison, but in running from the guards, Danny is mortally wounded. The local doctor, Evan Thomas, tries so hard to save Danny that later, when Bill and the doctor meet in Alaska, the two become friends. A dying man gives his mine to the doctor, but upon discovering that it is worthless, Bill sells it to a crook named John Wesley Slayforth...

Director

Hobart Henley

Writers

Rex Beach

Language

English

Country

United States of America

Release date

22 September 1918

Ensemble

Cast

• 

  Will Rogers

  Bill Hyde

• 

  Anna Lehr

  Ponotah

• 

  John St. Polis

  Black Jack Burg

• Clarence Oliver

  Dr. Evan Thomas

• Joseph Herbert

  Joseph Wesley Slayforth

• Robert Conville

  Denny Slevin

• 

  Dan Mason

  Denny Dorgan

• 

  Mabel Ballin

  Alice Walker