Red Dice


1926

Film Details

Release Date
Mar 14, 1926
Premiere Information
not available
Production Company
De Mille Pictures
Distribution Company
Producers Distributing Corp.
Country
United States
Screenplay Information
Based on the novel The Iron Chalice by Octavus Roy Cohen (Boston, 1925).

Technical Specs

Sound
Silent
Color
Black and White
Film Length
7,257ft (7 reels)

Synopsis

Alan Beckwith, down and out and behind in his rent, goes to the home of North, a notorious bootlegger and underworld figure, and proposes that for $300 he will insure his life in North's favor for $100,000; he tosses two red dice, one showing two and the other four, and they agree that on December 24 Alan must die, and to allay suspicion, he must marry a woman of North's choosing. Vane and Conroy, two of North's subordinates who have doublecrossed him, are marked to die; Vane's sister Beverly begs North to relent; and he consents on the condition that she marry Alan. After their marriage, under the guard of Squint, their distrust develops into love and Alan tries to buy off North. Alan and Vane attempt to hijack North's rum cargo, but Beverly arrives with revenue agents, Squint proves to be an undercover man, and the gang is overcome.

Film Details

Release Date
Mar 14, 1926
Premiere Information
not available
Production Company
De Mille Pictures
Distribution Company
Producers Distributing Corp.
Country
United States
Screenplay Information
Based on the novel The Iron Chalice by Octavus Roy Cohen (Boston, 1925).

Technical Specs

Sound
Silent
Color
Black and White
Film Length
7,257ft (7 reels)

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