The Undercurrent (1919)
A story of the evil forces that underlie life- and that seek to pull down that which man builds up in his best moments.
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Jack Duncan returns from the war in France to his wife and baby and learns that his job as a draftsman at the Loring Steel Mills has been taken. Given work in the machine shop, Jack becomes the prey of Red agitators who want him because of his popularity with soldiers. The Reds cause Jack's discharge just when his house payments come due, and when they convince him of the injustice of his situation, he joins their ranks. After learning of plans to burn the factory and Loring's home, and start a riot in the town, Jack is won over by a socialist's arguments advocating mild reforms. At a meeting of workingmen, Jack praises Americanism. He warns Loring and, with soldiers at a nearby camp, quells the riot. After a woman agitator kills her comrades and then shoots herself, Jack arrives home to save his wife from an attack by a Red ringleader. Jack is then made a foreman at the mill.
- Date de sortie
- 16 novembre 1919
- Pays d'origine
- États-Unis
Distribution
- Arthur Guy Empey dans le rôle de Jack Duncan
- Florence Martin dans le rôle de Lucy Duncan
- Vera Boehm dans le rôle de Jack Duncan, Jr.
- Marguerite Courtot dans le rôle de Fanny Brett
- Betty Blythe dans le rôle de Mariska
- William R. Dunn dans le rôle de Ivan
- F.R. Buckley dans le rôle de Padris Thann
- Sally Crute dans le rôle de Sylvia Loring
- Arthur Donaldson dans le rôle de Malin
- Betty Hutchinson dans le rôle de Mrs. Loring
Équipe technique
- Wilfrid North · Réalisateur
- Arthur Guy Empey · Scénariste
- William Addison Lathrop · Scénariste
- John W. Brown · Directeur de la photographie