Film

The Wall Street Mystery

1920 · 50m · Mystery

When the body of Wall Street broker Norman Temple is found dead in his office, the police arrest contractor James Borden for the crime on the testimony of Temple's secretary that Borden had threatened her employer over an unpaid note. Also under suspicion is Temple's Japanese valet, who quarreled with his employer the day before the murder. Tex, a detective, enters the case, following his own leads which prove the valet innocent. Tex finally deduces that Minkin, one of Temple's clerks, shot his employer when he interrupted the clerk robbing his safe. With Tex's revelation, Minkin's room is searched, the stolen bonds found and Borden is freed.

Glen White

Tex

Jane McAlpine

Mary Costello

David Wall

Norman Temple

Alexander F. Frank

James Borden

Marie Treador

Mrs. Borden

Joseph Striker

Tom Williams

Leo Delaney

Minkin

Augusta Perry

Temple's Housekeeper

Charles E. Graham

Chief of Police

• Tom CollinsDirector
• Pierce KingsleyWriter

Release date

May 17, 1920

Status

Released

Original language

English

Runtime

50m

Genres

Mystery