A man rises from rags to riches, first by boxing, then as a saloon owner, freight contractor, and eventually dockyard boss. However, the man's brother-in-law complicates things with his dockworker union activism. The film is presumed lost.
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Holbrook Blinn as Michael R. Regan
William Marion as Archbishop Sullivan
Bert Starkey as Porkey McCoy
Alice Brady as Emily Griswold
Charles S. Abbe as James D. Griswold
Douglas MacLean as Regan's Secretary, Robert
Julia Stuart as Mrs. Regan
Frederick Truesdell as Scanlan
Émile Chautard Director
Edward Sheldon Story
William A. Brady Producer
Lucien Tainguy Director of Photography
United States 24 May 1915
These some of the most viewed trailers for movies released in 1915:
22 April 1915
Once upon a time a professor ordered the wax figure of King Woof, a celebrated eastern potentate who had died from eating too much pomegranate juice and who had a reputation for making history.
10 April 1915
A dead child's broken doll reunites an estranged husband and wife.
15 December 1915
Movie mogul Thomas H. Ince may well have been the director of The Despoiler as indicated by the credits; but since Ince was known far and wide as a glory-hogger, it's also possible that one of his talented lieutenants wielded the megaphone.
01 March 1915
Marksman Ambrose accidentally shoots a beer stein his wife has bought for him as a gift, so he tries to replace it.
07 April 1915
A man falls in love with a piano player and tries to woo her. A passerby hears a maid's music, fancies he's found his true love, and chats her up.
19 June 1915
Out of the blue, war is declared, making two otherwise friendly neighbouring nations deadly enemies. Amid the inferno, finding themselves on different sides of the conflict, Elsa and Alexis are forced to call off their engagement.
16 April 1915
Luke McVane (William S. Hart) shoots a card-cheat in self-defense and has to make a run for it before the town lynch him.
16 September 1915
Crime drama about the rivalry over a new invention and a nice girl.
04 July 1915
Emphasizing themes of female independence and the esteem due to the men serving in the armed forces, the plot involves a strong-willed young woman (Agnes Vernon) who defies her father in order to marry a soldier (Hobart Henly) instead of the well-to-do suitor preferred by her father.
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Artwork, screen shots, trailers and other imagery is © 1915 William A. Brady Picture Plays.