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Temptation and the Man (1916)
Directed by Robert F. Hill
Overview
Jim Crosby, the product of a broken home, becomes a gangster and goes to prison. Meanwhile, Ann Payton, an heiress, converts a saloon into a mission. She is engaged to her father’s secretary, Temple Vaughn, a gambler. Jim is released from prison and seeks shelter at the mission. Temple becomes indebted to gambler Phil Johnson and is forced to arrange a crooked poker game involving some of his wealthy friends. Jim overhears the plot and, realizing that Temple is Ann’s fiancé, robs the poker game and puts a check Temple forged into Temple’s own pocket.
Length 50 minutes
Actors
Hobart Henley | Sydell Dowling | Sidney Bracey | A.H. Busby | Joseph Granby | Clara Beyers