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The Undercurrent
“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.
- Director
- Wilfrid North
- Writers
- Arthur Guy Empey, William Addison Lathrop
- Language
- English
- Country
- United States of America
- Release date
- 16 November 1919
Ensemble
Cast
Arthur Guy Empey
Jack Duncan
Florence Martin
Lucy Duncan
Vera Boehm
Jack Duncan, Jr.
Marguerite Courtot
Fanny Brett
Betty Blythe
Mariska
William R. Dunn
Ivan
Sally Crute
Sylvia Loring
F.R. Buckley
Padris Thann
Arthur Donaldson
Malin
Betty Hutchinson
Mrs. Loring
Harry Lee
Smith
Frank Norcross
Marinoff
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