Boomerang Bill

Boomerang Bill

60 mins | Crime, Action, Adventure | Jan. 15, 1922

When New York City police officer O'Malley learns of a young man who is about to embark on a life of crime by taking part in a robbery, he takes the boy aside and tells him the story of Boomerang Bill, another wanna-be gangster who wanted to be a big shot in the New York crime scene. It seems that Bill fell for a pretty young dance-hall girl, and went up against local gang boss Tony the Wop when he insulted her. Tony, who never forgot a slight, found a way to make things very, very tough for Boomerang Bill, in a way that he never saw coming.

Boomerang Bill

60 mins | Crime, Action, Adventure | Jan. 15, 1922

Boomerang Bill
When New York City police officer O'Malley learns of a young man who is about to embark on a life of crime by taking part in a robbery, he takes the boy aside and tells him the story of Boomerang Bill, another wanna-be gangster who wanted to be a big shot in the New York crime scene. It seems that Bill fell for a pretty young dance-hall girl, and went up against local gang boss Tony the Wop when he insulted her. Tony, who never forgot a slight, found a way to make things very, very tough for Boomerang Bill, in a way that he never saw coming.
Producers Cosmopolitan Productions
Original title Boomerang Bill
Directors Tom Terriss
Writers Doty Hobart, Jack Boyle

Cast

Lionel Barrymore

as Boomerang Bill

Marguerite Marsh

as Annie

Margaret Seddon

as Annie's Mother

Frank Shannon

as Terrence O'Malley

Matthew Betz

as Tony the Wop

Charles Fang

as Chinaman

Harry Lee

as Chinaman

Miriam Battista

as Chinese Girl

Helen Kim

as Chinese Girl