Ethel Barrymore plays the wife of an abusive country squire. So nasty is her husband that he all but forces her to seek solace in the arms of her former sweetheart (played by Alan Hale in his leading-man period). Their clandestine relationship finally comes out in the open when the nasty husband is killed by his irate tenants.
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Ethel Barrymore
Esther Carey
Known for
The Spiral Staircase
Deadline - U.S.A.
Alan Hale
Dr. Henry Grey
Known for
It Happened One Night
The Adventures of Robin Hood
Lionel Barrymore
William A. Brady
Paul Everton
B.J. Hendrix
Also in
The Life of Emile Zola
You, the People
Ricca Allen
Ruth Martin
Also in
Many a Slip
One Million B.C.
Reginald Carrington
John Martin
Also in
The Red Shadow
Outcast
Frank Leigh
Dirk Kanset
Also in
Below the Deadline
Nurse Marjorie
Walter Hiers
Fatty Holmes
Also in
A Wireless Lizzie
Fresh Faces
Harvey Bogart
Ezra Craddock
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Lionel Barrymore Director
United States release November 8, 1917 · Produced in United States
Production
Metro Pictures Corporation
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United States
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English
Release dates
United States · November 8, 1917
Theatrical
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