Bucking the Tiger (1917)

Plot Summary

Squire Laurie, the village skinflint, takes a circus tiger as security for a loan. Arthur, who loves Lillian, the old man's daughter, hates tigers, having bucked them, but when Laurie's tiger dies of despondency Arthur skins it, so that Ben, the keeper can pose in its skin before the half-blind miser and save his job, while Arthur warned off the premises by old Laurie, turns tiger occasionally so that he can sit in the cage and make love through the bars to Lillian, despite her hard-hearted Pa. When the old man becomes suspicious he is chased by the fake tiger until he consents to Lillian's marriage.

Full Cast & Characters

Ben Turpin

The Grand Ruin

Arthur Currier

The Squire

Lillian Hamilton

The Daughter

Edward J. Laurie

The Forbidden Sweetheart

Margaret Templeton

The Housekeeper

Director & Crew

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