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Captain Careless
Also known as O Destemido in Brazil
(1928) United States of America
B&W : Six reels / 4875 feet
Directed by Jerome Storm

Cast: Bob Steele [Bob Gordon], Mary Mabery (Mary Mayberry) [Ruth], Jack Donovan [Ralph], Barney Furey [medicine man], Perry Murdock [Perry], Wilfred North (Wilfrid North) [John Forsythe]

Distributed by Film Booking Offices of America, Incorporated [FBO]. / Scenario by Frank Howard Clark and Perry Murdock, from a screen story by Perry Murdock and Bob Steele. Costume design by Walter Plunkett. Assistant director, Pierre Bedard. Cinematography by Virgil Miller. Film editor, Jack Kitchin. Intertitles written by Randolph Bartlett. / Released 26 August 1928. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format. / Silent film.

Drama.

Survival status: (unknown)

Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].

Listing updated: 6 April 2020.

References: Website-IMDb.