The Scarlet Car is a 1917 American silent drama film directed by Joe De Grasse and featuring Lon Chaney, Edith Johnson, and Franklyn Farnum.

He discovers that Cyrus and his son, Ernest, have embezzled $35,000 of the bank's money, and lost the entire sum on a bad investment.

Just as Billy is captured by the mob, a man rides by and Beatrice asks him to approach Forbes and say to him "The general wants the important document."

Forbes, thinking the British are attacking, hands over the hidden ledger page and the townspeople tar and feather Mr. Peabody and his son instead.

The various incidents which lead up to the accusation of Billy with the stealing of the bank funds present an unusual array of complications calculated to rouse the interest at the start and maintain it to an admirable degree throughout the five reels.

---Motion Picture News[4] "There is a flavor of novelty in the situations and patrons cannot complain that it is just like others they have seen...Al Filson, Howard Crampton and Lon Chaney play their roles skillfully."