Name: Draft 258
Released: 1917
Cast: Mabel Taliaferro, Walter Miller, Earl Brunswick, Eugene Borden, Sue Balfour

Cast & Crew

Film Details

Release Date

Nov 15, 1917

Premiere Information

not available

Production Company

Metro Pictures Corp.

Distribution Company

Metro Pictures Corp.

Country

United States

Synopsis

Mary Alden and her two brothers Matthew and George hold quite different views of patriotism. Matthew expends his energies delivering soap box speeches extolling the virtues of pacifism. His naïvete leads him to unwittingly become the patsy of German secret agents led by Van Bierman. George, Mary's other brother, refuses to present himself before the draftboard when his number 258 is called, and Mary, ashamed, offers to go in his place. Her spirit imbues George with the spirit of patriotism, and he enlists. Meanwhile, Van Bierman and his spies are planning to blow up an airplane factory and kidnap Mary, forcing Matthew to realize the infamy of his associates. As Matthew struggles with the Germans, a cavalry troop led by John Graham, Mary's sweetheart, arrives in time to save both Mary and the factory. As the traitors are brought to justice, Matthew hurries to don a uniform and Mrs. Alden and Mary bid a fond farewell to the men bound for the front.