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Movie Detail Name Occurs Before Title Offscreen Credit Print Viewed By AFI Slippy McGee Director: Wesley Ruggles (Dir) Release Date:   1923 Premiere Information:   New York premiere: 11 Jun 1923 Duration (in feet):   6,399 Duration (in reels):   7 Print this page Display Movie Summary Cast:   Wheeler Oakman (Slippy McGee)       Colleen Moore (Mary Virginia)       Sam De Grasse (Father De Rance)       Edmund Stevens (George Inglesby)       Edith Yorke (Madame De Rance)       Lloyd Whitlock (Howard Hunter)       Pat O'Malley (Lawrence Mayne)   Summary: Severely injured in an attempted getaway, safecracker Slippy McGee is taken in by Father De Rance and nursed back to health by Mary Virginia after his leg is amputated. Under the influence of the kindness shown him, Slippy reforms and falls in love with Mary Virginia, although she intends to marry Lawrence Mayne. When George Inglesby attempts to blackmail Mary Virginia into marrying him, Slippy uses his skill one last time to obtain some incriminating letters from a safe.  Production Company: Oliver Morosco Productions   Distribution Company: Associated First National Pictures   Director: Wesley Ruggles (Dir) Producer: Oliver Morosco (Pres) Writer: Marie Conway Oemler (Author) Country: United States Copyright Claimant Copyright Date Copyright Number Oliver Morosco Productions 21/3/1923 dd/mm/yyyy LP18792 Physical Properties: b&w:   Si:   Genre: Melodrama Sub-Genre: Crime   Subjects (Major): Amputation   Blackmail   Clergy   Criminals--Rehabilitation   Letters   Safecrackers   Unrequited love Display Movie Summary

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