29 April 1917 Drama, Crime 90 mins
Mary Turner is a young shopgirl who is unjustly convicted of a crime and sentenced to prison. Upon her release, she does everything possible to make the man who wronged her to suffer, always taking care to stray no further than the extremes of the law allow.
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Alice Joyce as Mary Turner
Harry T. Morey as Joe Garson
Adele DeGarde as Aggie Lynch
Anders Randolf as Mr. Gilder
Walter McGrail as Dick Gilder
Bernard Siegel as Tom Dacey
Robert Gaillard as Dist. Atty, Demarest
Billie Billings as Helen Morris
Joseph Donohue as Det. Cassidy
Bernard Randall as English Eddie
William P.S. Earle Director
Eugene Mullin Scenario Writer
Bayard Veiller Theatre Play
Clark R. Nickerson Director of Photography
Viola Lawrence Editor
United States 29 April 1917
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