Dick Turpin's Ride to York (1922)
Directed by Maurice Elvey
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Synopsis by Dan Pavlides
Dick Turpin (Matheson Lang) is a fabled British highway robber (1706-1739) in this historic drama. Ferret Bevis is a braggart who boasts that no man can rob him, but Dick proves him wrong and also steals the heart of Ferret's beautiful daughter. When the father sets up a marriage between the girl and Luke Sommers, Dick rescues the girl from entering into an unwanted marriage.
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daughter, highwayman, love, marriage, marriage-arranged, rescue, robbery, romance
