28 October 1928 Crime, Mystery 70 mins
When a newspaper owner is murdered, his son takes over his crusade against a corrupt politician with criminal associations.
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Lewis Stone as Daniel Steele
Marceline Day as June Westcott
Malcolm McGregor as Bill Ballard
Henry B. Walthall as John Ballard
Robert Emmett O'Connor as Boss Maloney
Tom Ricketts as Wicks
Hayden Stevenson as Callahan
Robert Ellis as Cyrus Hazlett
Boris Baronoff as Criminal
Morgan Thorpe as Organist
Evelyn Selbie as Italian Mother
Bernard Siegel as Italian Father
Wilson Benge as Butler
George Melford Director
George McGuire Editor
Arthur E. Shadur Production Supervisor
J. Grubb Alexander Writer
Walter Anthony Writer
Curtis Benton Writer
J.G. Hawks Writer
Peter B. Kyne Writer
Ben F. Reynolds Director of Photography
United States 28 October 1928
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