The Miracle Man (1919 film)

The Miracle Man is a 1919 American silent drama film starring Lon Chaney and based on a 1914 play by George M. Cohan, which in turn is based on the novel of the same title by Frank L. Packard. The film was released by Paramount Pictures, directed, produced, and written by George Loane Tucker, and also stars Thomas Meighan and Betty Compson. The film made overnight successes of the three stars, most notably putting Chaney on the map as a character actor.

The film takes place in a small, New England town in 1919, where a group of con men plan to use a faith healer to collect money.In New York Citys Chinatown, four crooks conspire to swindle a small, New England town. The gang consists of Tom Burke Thomas Meighan, the head of the group Rose Betty Compson, a con artist posing as a street walker The Dope J.M. Dumont, who pretends to pimp Rose and The Frog Lon Chaney, a contortionist. ........

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