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1926

Film Details

Release Date
Dec 15, 1926
Premiere Information
not available
Production Company
Preferred Pictures
Country
United States
Screenplay Information
Based on the short story "Invisible Government" by Jerome N. Wilson (publication undetermined).

Technical Specs

Sound
Silent
Color
Black and White
Film Length
6,087ft (6 reels)

Synopsis

Stanley Wharton, war hero and candidate for governor, is the avowed enemy of Al Morris, boss of crooks and politicians constituting an invisible government, and when elected to office he allows the death sentence of Bickel, a gang member, for murder, to stand. In cooperation with Catherine Courtwright, Wharton's fiancée, Morris champions a new bill for the abolition of capital punishment, then frames Mack Miller, Wharton's war buddy, with the murder of Bat Hoover at the Elite Club, a gang rendezvous. Torn between friendship and duty, Governor Wharton refuses to sign the bill though Catherine breaks the engagement. Sadie, secretly Mack's wife, obtains a confession from Flash Fleming, but Fleming is killed before he signs it. Wharton tricks Morris into believing that Mack has been executed, thereby forcing the hand of the corrupt ringleader and obtaining a statement from Bickel.

Film Details

Release Date
Dec 15, 1926
Premiere Information
not available
Production Company
Preferred Pictures
Country
United States
Screenplay Information
Based on the short story "Invisible Government" by Jerome N. Wilson (publication undetermined).

Technical Specs

Sound
Silent
Color
Black and White
Film Length
6,087ft (6 reels)

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