The Plunger
Cast & Crew
Dell Henderson
George Walsh
Virginia Valli
Byron Douglas
Richard R. Neill
Edward Bouldon
Film Details
Synopsis
When "Take A Chance" Schuyler rises from a Wall Street office boy to a wealthy investment broker, he purchases fellow broker John Houghton's estate. Houghton's funds have been depleted from blackmail payments made to his former employee, Norman Yates, who, out of revenge for Houghton's refusal of his daughter Alice's hand in marriage, has convinced the broker that he has committed a murder. When Schuyler arrives to take possession of the estate, he is surprised to find it still occupied by the Houghtons. At first, Alice resents Schuyler as an interloper, but she begins to change her opinion when the young broker protects her from Yates's threats. Yates retaliates by attempting to ruin Schuyler who then forces the blackmailer to admit that he actually was the killer. Houghton is thus exonerated and Alice and Schuyler marry.
Director
Dell Henderson
Cast
George Walsh
Virginia Valli
Byron Douglas
Richard R. Neill
Edward Bouldon
Inez Shannon
Irving Brooks
Robert Vivian
W. S. Harkins
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Notes
One early pre-release news item refers to a short story by Sewell Ford called "Cherub Devine," which appeared in The Saturday Evening Post in early 1920, as the source of this film. All other reviews and news items, however, call Fallon's story "original" and make no mention of Ford.
