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  • A Man Must Live (1925)
  • 70 min | Adventure, Crime
A Man Must Live (1925)
70 min | Adventure, Crime

Circumstances force Jeff Farnell to take a job on a New York scandal sheet while he awaits the settlement of his claim against a steel company. Job Hardcastle, the hardened city editor of the paper, sends Jeff to get a story on "Mops" ...See moreCircumstances force Jeff Farnell to take a job on a New York scandal sheet while he awaits the settlement of his claim against a steel company. Job Hardcastle, the hardened city editor of the paper, sends Jeff to get a story on "Mops" Collins, a society divorcée who has been reduced to dancing in a cabaret. Jeff takes pity on Mops, who is dying of consumption, takes her into his apartment, and tells Hardcastle that he could not find her. Afraid of losing his job, Jeff hunts for a big story, finding it when he discovers that Clive Ross-Fayne, a friend he thought lost in the war, has been arraigned on charges of narcotics peddling. To get a picture of Clive to go with his story, Jeff goes to the Ross-Fayne residence, where he discovers that Clive's sister Eleanor is the girl with whom he fell in love at a dance before the war, whose name he never knew. Jeff then tries to kill the story, but Hardcastle nevertheless publishes it. Mops dies. Jeff is fired after he assaults Hardcastle, but he is reconciled with the Ross-Fayne family when Clive is freed. Jeff gets a $100,000 settlement from the steel company and asks Eleanor to marry him. Written by Pamela Short See less
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James Ashmore Creelman (scenario) | I.A.R. Wylie (novel "Jungle Law")
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Updated Jan 19, 1925

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Jan 19, 1925 (United States)

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10 cast members
Name Known for
Richard Dix
Geoffrey Farnell Geoffrey Farnell   See fewer
Jacqueline Logan
'Mops' Collins 'Mops' Collins   See fewer
George Nash
Job Hardcastle Job Hardcastle   See fewer
Edna Murphy
Eleanor Ross-Fayne Eleanor Ross-Fayne   See fewer
Charles Byer
Clive Ross-Fayne (as Charles Beyer) Clive Ross-Fayne (as Charles Beyer)   See fewer
Dorothy Walters
Mrs. Jaynes Mrs. Jaynes   See fewer
William Ricciardi
Cabaret Owner Cabaret Owner   See fewer
Arthur Housman
Tod Cragge Tod Cragge   See fewer
Lucius Henderson
Ross-Fayne Ross-Fayne   See fewer
Jane Jennings
Mrs. Ross-Fayne Mrs. Ross-Fayne   See fewer
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