Film

A Dangerous Affair

1919 · 50m · Drama

Elderly millionaire James Rance, whose only passion is chess, warns his grandson Tommy, who missed the previous evening's game because he played poker with his uncle Gilbert, that should he miss another game, Gilbert will gain the boy's inheritance. During another poker game the next night, Gilbert provokes a fight between Tommy and another player that results in the other player's supposed death. Meanwhile, Terrence Redmond, the guardian of an orphan he found while fighting in France, falls in love with Dawn Moyer.

Herbert Rawlinson

Terrence Redmond

Charles A. Stevenson

Patrick Moyer (as Charles Stevenson)

Stuart Holmes

Gilbert Rance

Warren Cook

James Rance (as Warren Cooke)

Regina Quinn

Asta

Ernest Torrence

Abner (as Ernest Torrance)

Florence Billings

Dawn Moyer

Vinton Freedley

Tommy Rance (as Vinton Friedley)

• Charles MillerDirector
• Garfield ThompsonWriter
• Carl KrusadaStory

Release date

June 15, 1919

Status

Released

Original language

English

Runtime

50m

Genres

Drama

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