A suitcase full of cash turns a timid salesman into a small-town hero—what could go wrong?
Bob Mortimer, an unsuccessful traveling salesman, picks up the wrong valise and finds it full of money. This gives him the confidence, which he has previously lacked, to convince the townspeople to invest in a new factory, prevent Josiah Wiggins from absconding with the invested funds, and marry Miriam Wiggins.
Acting
Herbert Rawlinson's physical transformation from meek to magnate.
Production
Surviving fragments show meticulous 1922 small-town recreation.
Writing
Tight 50-minute plot—no fat, all charm.
Director
Harry A. Pollard
Herbert Rawlinson
Bob Mortimer
Harriet Hammond
Miriam Wiggins
Lincoln Plumer
Prof. Lang
William A. Carroll
Homer Waldron
Otto Hoffman
Josiah Wiggins
William Robert Daly
Ephraim Bates
Hallam Cooley
Elmer Tuttle
John Steppling
Henry Tuttle
Melbourne MacDowell
J. D. Sprowl
Robert Milasch
Bige Miller
Margaret Campbell
Mrs. Waldron
Sam Allen
Const. Kittering
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Nearly lost entirely; only fragments survive in archives. Most of Herbert Rawlinson's silent work vanished.
Embodies 1920s faith in self-made men—money as moral catalyst, not corruption. Pure jazz age optimism.
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