The Fourth Estate
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Frank Powell
Clifford Bruce
Ruth Blair
Victor Benoit
Alfred Hickman
Samuel J. Ryan
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Synopsis
When Noland, the leader of a city-wide strike, is imprisoned on a trumped-up charge, Brand, a newspaper reporter, discovers that Judge Bertelmy had ordered the arrest. The judge then orders the newspaper editor to fire Brand, while Noland, bailed out of jail but still aware that he is in danger, goes to Canada. His wife had planned to go with him, but Bertelmy, hoping to seduce her, makes it impossible for her to leave the country. She resists Bertelmy for two years, and then Noland, having made a fortune in Canada, returns to her with a plan to ruin the judge. The first step is buying a newspaper. Then, he hires Brand as his managing editor, and the two men begin a crusade against Bertelmy. They uncover a murder that he committed years before, and their newspaper stories about the crime are responsible for Bertelmy's arrest.
Director
Frank Powell
Cast
Clifford Bruce
Ruth Blair
Victor Benoit
Alfred Hickman
Samuel J. Ryan
Aline Bartlett
Stacey Van Patten Jr.
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