24 December 1917 Drama 50 mins
Paul Revere Forbes, an descendant of Paul Revere, is a teller at Cyrus Peabody's bank. He learns that Cyrus and his son, Ernest, have speculated with $35,000 of the bank's money, and the entire sum has been lost.
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Franklyn Farnum as Billy Winthrop
Edith Johnson as Beatrice Forbes
Lon Chaney as Paul Revere Forbes
Sam De Grasse as Ernest Peabody
Al W. Filson as Samuel Winthrop
Howard Crampton as Cyrus Peabody
William Lloyd as Jim Pettit
Allan Cavan as Mob Member (uncredited)
William Humphrey as Member of Directors' Meeting (uncredited)
Nelson McDowell as Townsman (uncredited)
Lon Poff as Constable (uncredited)
Harry Tenbrook as Scrapper (uncredited)
Lule Warrenton as Mrs. Peabody (uncredited)
S.D. Wilcox as Mob Member (uncredited)
William Parker Writer
Richard Harding Davis Novel
Joseph De Grasse Director
King D. Gray Director of Photography
United States 24 December 1917
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