Just Pals (1920 American Silent Western film)

Just Pals is a 1920 American silent Western film directed by John Ford and was Ford's first film for Fox Film Corporation. John Ford is credited as 'Jack Ford', as was typical for his earliest films. The film introduces the theme of the partnership between two vagabonds, a young man and a boy, who support and help each other. Buck Jones and Georgie Stone already anticipates some of the elements that will contribute to the extraordinary success of Charles Chaplin and Jackie Coogan in The Kid (1921). The sheriff in the film, played by Duke R. Lee, keeps saying five times in the film, "The law'll take care o' this!". Plot The town bum, Bim (Buck Jones), rescues Bill, (Georgie Stone) thrown off a train by brakeman (Bert Appling). Bim gives Bill a bath and promises Mary (Helen Ferguston) to take Bim to school. Bill steals a uniform so Bim can get a job but gets hurt jumping off the train. Bim takes him to the town Doctor (Edwin Tilton) where his wife (Eunice Murdock) discovers Bill may be a runaway with a reward. They plot to keep Bill away from Bim. Mary is wooed by Harvey Cahill (William Buckley). Cast Buck Jones as Bim Helen Ferguson as Mary Bruce Georgie Stone as Bill Duke R. Lee as Sheriff William Buckley as Harvey Cahill Eunice Murdock Moore as Mrs. Stone Bert Appling as Brakeman Edwin B. Tilton as Dr. Stone (credited as Edwin Booth Tilton) Slim Padgett as Outlaw