The Hill Billy
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George Hill
Director
Jack Pickford
Jed McCoy
Lucille Ricksen
Emmy Lou Spence
Frank Leigh
"Groundhog" Spence
Ralph Yearsley
Aaron Spence
Jane Keckley
Mother McCoy
Film Details
Release Date
Mar
15,
1924
Premiere Information
not available
Production Company
Jack Pickford Productions
Distribution Company
Allied Producers and Distributors
Country
United States
Synopsis
"Groundhog" Spence slays Jed McCoy's father and marries Mrs. McCoy to obtain her lands rich in coal. Jed loves Spence's niece, Emmy Lou, an attractive orphan who teaches him to read and write. Spence forces Emmy Lou to marry his son Aaron. Someone in an angry mob of hillsmen shoots Aaron while attempting to drive out swindlers who want the coal lands. Jed is charged with the killing but is acquitted. Anticipating an acquittal, Groundhog attempts to escape before Jed is freed, but Jed chases him to a raft on a river, and there Spence is drowned. The raft collapses, and Jed is rescued by Emmy Lou. The last reel contains a thrilling fight scene on board the makeshift raft as it dashes unguided downstream toward the rapids.
Director
George Hill
Director
Cast
Jack Pickford
Jed McCoy
Lucille Ricksen
Emmy Lou Spence
Frank Leigh
"Groundhog" Spence
Ralph Yearsley
Aaron Spence
Jane Keckley
Mother McCoy
Snitz Edwards
Tabb Tafel
Malcolm Waite
"Big-Boy"
Maine Geary
Sid Stebbins
Margaret Caldwell Shotwell
A courtroom extra
Alphie James
A comic extra
Madame De Bodamere
An extra
Crew
Film Details
Release Date
Mar
15,
1924
Premiere Information
not available
Production Company
Jack Pickford Productions
Distribution Company
Allied Producers and Distributors
Country
United States
