The read
It runs a compact 1h 0m.
Synopsis
A gold-digging woman wins a big settlement against an older married man, which threatens to destroy the man's family. His son, discovering that the woman is part of a ring of blackmailers and that she is planning to flee the country, takes along his hulking chauffeur and follows her onto an ocean liner. There the two pretend to be a pair of wealthy playboys so that the woman will make a play for him and try to blackmail him, too, so he can then expose her and prove his father's innocence. Complications ensue.
Ratings
IMDb5.2/10
9 audience votes
Key crew
- Robert F. HillDirector
Cast
- Natalie MoorheadVerna Wilson, alias Vera Wendall
- Jack MulhallRichard 'Dick' Randolph, posing as Dick Rowland
- Clara Kimball YoungMrs. Jane Randolph
- Edmund BreeseJ.B. 'Lucky' Morrison
- Alice DayClaudia Elliott
- Montagu LoveJohn Randolph
- William V. MongVerna's crooked lawyer
- Roy D'ArcyJuan de Leon
Themes
blackmailmurderpre-codenom de plume