Breakers Ahead

Story

Synopsis

After young Ruth Bowman's mother dies, the child is raised by Agatha Pixley, and in time, the girl falls in love with Agatha's son, Eric. While Eric is at sea with Captain Scudder on a boat owned by Jim and Hiram Hawley, a jealous villager spreads the tale that Ruth is illegitimate, and the townspeople inevitably snub her. Jim Hiram sets his boat on fire after its arrival in port so that he can collect insurance money, and Ruth, believing that Eric is on board, tries to rescue him. When Ruth and Eric escape safely, Captain Scudder reveals that he, Ruth's long-lost father, was legally married to her mother, which re-establishes Ruth's good name and enables her to marry Eric.

Director

Charles Brabin

Writers

Charles Brabin, H.P. Keeler

Language

English

Release date

25 March 1918

Ensemble

Cast

• 

  Viola Dana

  Ruth Bowman

• 

  Clifford Bruce

  Eric Pixley

• 

  Mabel Van Buren

  Aunt Agatha Pixley

• 

  Russell Simpson

  Captain Scudder

• 

  Eugene Pallette

  Jim Hawley

• 

  Sydney Deane

  Hiram Hawley

• 

  Gibson Gowland

  Mike Burley

• Lorena Foster

  Nurse, Eliza

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  Helen Jerome Eddy

  Agnes Bowman