Down Home

DOWN HOME is a rural drama set in New England and stars Leatrice Joy as Nancy Pelot, daughter of the town drunk. He was once a businessman and still owns a local farm, but Nancy now supports her father and herself with a mysterious job in a nearby town.

Cast

Leatrice Joy

as Nance Pelot

James O. Barrows

as Dabney Todd

Edward Hearn

as Chet Todd

Aggie Herring

as Mrs. Todd (as Agnes Herring)

Edward Nolan

as Martin Doover

William Robert Daly

as Joe Pelot (as Robert Daly)

Sidney Franklin

as Cash Bailey (as Sidney A. Franklin)

Bert Hadley

as Reverence Mr. Blake

Frank Braidwood

as Larry Shayne

James Robert Chandler

as Deacon Howe (as Robert Chandler)

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