Billy Warren, timekeeper on the construction job, arouses the enmity of Brent and Easton when he resents their bullying of the other men. Pay day finds the men celebrating in riotous fashion, and Brent in a crazed moment breaks into the station and attacks Helen. Her cries bring Warren, who trounces the bully.
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Helen Gibson as Helen
Harry Schumm as Brent
Roy Watson as Easton
George A. Williams as The Construction Boss
Scott Pembroke as Billy Warren
United States 20 May 1916
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07 October 1916
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02 September 1916
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06 May 1916
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29 April 1916
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09 September 1916
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