Millionaire meat packer Peter Cameron, greedy for more money and power, maneuvers an alliance between his daughter Rose and George Gray, the son of Cameron's business rival Max Gray, in order to increase his control of the food industry. George, a lawyer, opposes the trust, and as a result is professionally ruined by Cameron, disinherited by his father, and jilted by his fiancée. Out on his own, George gets a job at a mill and starts at the bottom. When an epidemic breaks out among his fellow laborers due to their eating spoiled meat from the trust, George secures evidence of criminal practices which ultimately brings about the conviction of Cameron and the trust. In championing the rights of the downtrodden, George wins back Rose and reforms Cameron.
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Henry B. Walthall
George Gray
Known for
The Birth of a Nation
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Melbourne MacDowell
Peter Cameron
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Nina Byron
Rose Cameron
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Helen Jerome Eddy
Nora Yorke
Known for
The Bitter Tea of General Yen
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Jack McDonald
Napoleon Snape
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Don Q Son of Zorro
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Nigel De Brulier
Antonio Giannone
Known for
The Hunchback of Notre Dame
Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ
Beulah Booker
Marie Giannone
Known for
The Saphead
Gordon Sackville
Governor Montgomery
Also in
Mistaken Identity
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Lloyd Whitlock
Walter Ames
Also in
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Bert Appling
Jim Hardy
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Richard Johnson
Lonnie Cameron
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Richard Norris
Maximillian Gray
Bertram Bracken Director · Franklyn Hall Writer William Hamilton Osborne Author
United States release May 1, 1919 · Produced in United States
Production
National Film Corporation of America
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United States
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English
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No dialogue
Release dates
United States · May 1, 1919
Theatrical
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