Half-a-Dollar Bill

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A captain's lifelong duty to an abandoned child intersects with betrayal, leading to a dramatic rescue and family reunion.

Drama · 10/10 · 60 min · 1924

Captain Duncan McTeague, ashore in Southport, finds a deserted baby boy with a note and half of a dollar bill pinned to its clothing. The note states that the mother hopes some day to return and identify the child with the other half of the dollar bill. McTeague raises the child. When he is four years old, the captain discharges his mate Martin Webber, who seeks revenge by kidnapping the boy.

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