The Great Toe Mystery

A man goes in hot pursuit of the shoe store clerk he feels has made inappropriate advances towards his wife.

Cast

Charley Chase

as Gussie Birdie the Shoe Clerk (uncredited)

Dixie Chene

as The Maid (uncredited)

Alice Howell

as The Wife (uncredited)

Grover Ligon

as Shoe Clerk (uncredited)

Harry McCoy

as The Police Chief (uncredited)

Rube Miller

as Shoe Clerk (uncredited)

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