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Billy and the Big Stick (1917)
Comedy, Drama

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Billy and the Big Stick (1917)

Comedy, Drama

Billy Barlow, American superintendent of the electric-lighting plant in the capital of Hayti, loves Claire Ducrot, daughter of Widow Ducrot in the little French-speaking city. The president of Hayti refuses to pay Billy's salary and the ...See moreBilly Barlow, American superintendent of the electric-lighting plant in the capital of Hayti, loves Claire Ducrot, daughter of Widow Ducrot in the little French-speaking city. The president of Hayti refuses to pay Billy's salary and the widow plans to give Claire to Paillard, a widower. Billy, desperate, shuts off the city's light supply by going to bed and refusing to get up until paid. As the day for Claire's wedding draws near, Billy plots how to outwit her mother and elope. On the day they are to elope, Billy finds himself unable to do so because the president once more failed to "come across" with his salary. About this time, an American warship with a moving picture company enters the harbor of Hayti. Billy arranged for the film star to visit the king's palace, wearing a naval uniform, and the monarch thought the day of settlement had come and forked over Billy's salary. The same night on which Claire is to marry the widower the electric light system of the city suddenly fails again and the next day it is found that Billy and his sweetheart had sailed away on the American warship. Written by Moving Picture World, August 4, 1917 See less

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6 cast members

Name	Known for
Raymond McKee Billy Barlow Billy Barlow See fewer	Kidnapped (II) (1917)
Yona Landowska Claire Ducrot Claire Ducrot See fewer	Mister 44 (1916)
William Wadsworth President Hamilcar Poussevain President Hamilcar Poussevain See fewer	Kidnapped (II) (1917)
Jessie Stevens Widow Ducrot Widow Ducrot See fewer	Vanity Fair (1915)
Bradley Barker Harry St. Clair Harry St. Clair See fewer	Come Out of the Kitchen (1919)
Joseph Burke Monsieur Paillard Monsieur Paillard See fewer	Too Many Kisses (1925)