"The great romance of preparedness." 14 January 1917 Drama, Action 310 mins
Spies from Japan conspire to steal the Channing "preparedness" fortune and invade the United States, beginning in New York, then allying themselves with Mexicans across the border. They are stopped by the efforts of munitions factory heiress Patria Channing and U.S. Secret Service agent Donald Parr.
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Irene Castle as Patria Channing / Elaine
Milton Sills as Capt. Donald Parr
Warner Oland as Baron Huroki
George Majeroni as Juan de Lima
Wallace Beery as Pancho Villa
Marie Walcamp as Bess Morgan
Allan Murnane as Rodney Wrenn
F.W. Stewart as Edouard
Rudolph Valentino as Dancer in Club (uncredited)
Sôjin Kamiyama as Sojin (as Sojin)
Dorothy Green as Fanny Blair
John B. Clymer Writer
Charles W. Goddard Writer
Louis Joseph Vance Author
William Randolph Hearst Producer
Theodore Wharton Director
Leopold Wharton Director
Jacques Jaccard Director
Robert Hood Bowers Original Music Composer
Theodore Wharton Producer
Leopold Wharton Producer
United States 14 January 1917
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