The Open Door
Cast & Crew
Dallas M. Fitzgerald
John P. Wade
Sam J. Ryan
Robert Broderick
Frank Evans
Anna Lehr
Film Details
Synopsis
After serving fifteen years of a twenty-year prison term for embezzlement, Joe Moore is released early for good behavior. In New York, he finds Matthew Owens and James Horton, his former business associates, and demands that they pay what they owe him. Since Moore has lost his copy of their agreement, Owens refuses, but Horton, who has raised Moore's daughter as his own, promises to pay. When Horton is found murdered, Moore is suspected. After Robert Blakemore, the fiancé of Moore's daughter, discovers Horton's copy of the agreement, it is revealed that Moore, previously the business' bookkeeper, took the blame for Owens' embezzlement in return for $25,000 and the assurance that his daughter would be cared for. Owens, in attempting to steal this money from Horton's safe, was stopped by Horton, who was then killed by Owens' hired man. Owens is imprisoned, while Moore leaves without informing his daughter of his true identity, to protect her reputation.
Director
Dallas M. Fitzgerald
Cast
John P. Wade
Sam J. Ryan
Robert Broderick
Frank Evans
Anna Lehr
Edith Stockton
Walter Miller
Diana Allen
William Cavanaugh
Johnnie Walker
Crew
Film Details
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Notes
According to news items, James Wollnough, a "technical expert," worked in some capacity on the film. Only one narrative title and very few dialogue titles were used in the film. Some scenes were shot in Sing Sing Prison in New York State.
