Eli Turner, an unscrupulous lawyer, is defeated in court by Frank Morrison, a young attorney. Frank also has had the temerity to get in Turner's path over a girl. Now Turner plots to send Morrison to prison, but Nance, a mountain girl, who admires Frank, warns him of his danger.
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E.H. Calvert as Frank Morrison
Lillian Drew as Nance - a Mountain Girl
Edmund Cobb as Eli Turner
John Cossar as The Governor
Betty Scott as Margaret Field - the Governor's Daughter
Jack Meredith as Rube - Nance's Father
E.H. Calvert Director
United States 05 June 1915
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