When the body of Col. S.F. Hargraves was found in a room in the rear of Cradelbaughs, a gambling house, with a bullet in his heart, the police found "Big Jim" Pemmican, the manager of the place, coolly pacing the floor when they arrived.
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Hamilton Revelle as J. Lawrence Challoner
Marguerite Snow as Miriam Challoner
Carlton Brickert as William Murgatroyd
Walter Hitchcock as Graham Thorne
Fred Williams as Colonel S.F. Hargraves
Frederick Heck as Broderick
John Smiley as Pemmican
Ferdinand Tidmarsh as Merrick
Carol Seymour as Shirley Bloodgood
Diane D'Aubrey as Letty Love
United States 10 April 1916
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Mary Doone (Theda Bara) is a poor British girl who runs away from her adopted family because the father made a pass at her.
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To her aunt's dismay, Prudence isn't interested in society life. She'd rather listen to the butler's tall tales of being a pirate.
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Upon hearing about a woman dubbed The Huntress because of her wild attention craving ways, Fleming Harcourt decides he can domesticate her and they marry.
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