"A Murder in a Moment of Passion-The Victim's Best Friend Accused-Condemned-While the Murderer Makes Love to His Unknowing Daughter." 10 April 1927 Drama, Crime, Romance 76 mins
Tom Sinclair sets out to clear his fiancée's father after he is wrongfully convicted and sentenced to hang for a murder actually committed by Tom's treacherous cousin, Boris Morton.
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Ralph Lewis as George Travis
Johnnie Walker as Tom Sinclair
Marguerite De La Motte as Mary Travis
Robert Ober as Boris Morton
Fred Kelsey as Detective
Maude Wayne as Ann
E.J. Ratcliffe as Henry Sinclair
Edward Laemmle Director
Jackson Rose Director of Photography
Bayard Veiller Story
Charles Logue Screenplay
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United States 10 April 1927
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