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Disguised as a boy, a young woman gets an inner-city street gang back on the straight and narrow path.
Top billed cast
Clara BowMolly Burns
Raymond McKeeRichard Steele
Edward HearnRoy Burns
George CooperJohnny Burns
Fred KelseyTom Horan
David KirbyRooney
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