
Piccadilly Jim
Comedy
Overview
American newspaper reporter Jim Crocker's madcap escapades in London earn him notoriety and the nickname "Piccadilly Jim." When he overhears his American cousin by marriage, Ann Chester, giving her candid opinion of him, he decides to return to America to try to reform. He meets Ann on the boat, using another name. Unable to find work in New York, he goes to his step aunt Mrs. Peter Pett's home to be near Ann. Jim then helps Ann kidnap pampered cousin Ogden Pett whose overindulgence has created disruption in the household.
Top Cast


Owen Moore
Owen Moore
James Braithwaite Crocker / Piccadilly Jim
Owen Moore
James Braithwaite Crocker / Piccadilly Jim


Zena Keefe
Zena Keefe
Anne Chester
Zena Keefe
Anne Chester


Dora Mills Adams
Dora Mills Adams
Mrs. Peter Pett
Dora Mills Adams
Mrs. Peter Pett


Alfred Hickman
Alfred Hickman
Lord Wisebeach
Alfred Hickman
Lord Wisebeach


Reginald Sheffield
Reginald Sheffield
Ogden Pett
Reginald Sheffield
Ogden Pett
George Bunny
George Bunny
Mr. Bingley Crocker
George Bunny
Mr. Bingley Crocker
William T. Hayes
William T. Hayes
Peter Pett
William T. Hayes
Peter Pett
George Howard
George Howard
George Howard
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