After Dark (1924)

When two burglars breaking into a second-floor apartment hear someone approaching, ,they abandon "Little Eva" atop the ladder they were using. Billy Fisk, who was the person they heard approaching, rescues her and she tells him that she was just trying to recover some incriminating letters from that apartment, and he decides to help her. He enters the apartment looking for the "letters", but is caught by the tenant, who calls the police. Billy discovers that the "letters" were actually very valuable bonds. Not wanting Eva to get in trouble, Billy tells the police that he and the girl are actually married, but then Eva's relatives show up. Complications ensue.