Name: Breakers Ahead
Released: 1918
Cast: Viola Dana, Clifford Bruce, Mabel Van Buren, Russell Simpson, Eugene Pallette

Cast & Crew

Film Details

Release Date

Mar 25, 1918

Premiere Information

not available

Production Company

Metro Pictures Corp.

Distribution Company

Metro Pictures Corp.

Country

United States

Technical Specs

Sound

Silent

Color

Black and White

Film Length

5 reels

Synopsis

When young Ruth Bowman's mother dies, the child is raised by Agatha Pixley, and in time, the girl falls in love with Agatha's son, Eric. While Eric is at sea with Captain Scudder on a boat owned by Jim and Hiram Hawley, a jealous villager spreads the tale that Ruth is illegitimate, and the townspeople consequently shun her. Jim Hiram sets his boat on fire after its arrival in port so that he can collect insurance money, and Ruth, believing that Eric is on board, tries to rescue him. When Ruth and Eric escape safely, Captain Scudder reveals that he, Ruth's long-lost father, was legally married to her mother, which reestablishes Ruth's good name and enables her to marry Eric.