The Zero Hour

Story

Synopsis

Twin sisters Fanny and Evelyn Craig are unaware that their stepfather, Micah Parrish, is a fake spiritualist until his lack of money forces them to return home from boarding school. Evelyn eagerly assists Parrish and his even more unscrupulous partner, Esau Brand, while Fanny, disgusted, leaves home to become lawyer Bruce Taunton's secretary.

Director

Travers Vale

Writers

Harry O. Hoyt, Paul West, Hamilton Smith

Language

English

Country

United States of America

Release date

16 December 1918

Ensemble

Cast

• 

  June Elvidge

  Fanny Craig / Evelyn Craig

• 

  Frank Mayo

  Bruce Taunton

• 

  Armand Kaliz

  Esau Brand

• Henry Warwick

  Micah Parrish

• 

  Grace Henderson

  Mrs. Taunton

• 

  Clio Ayres

  Hilda

• Dorothy Walters

  The Cook

• Reginald Carrington

  Paul Warren

• 

  Nora Cecil

  Mrs. Winslow (uncredited)