The Right of Way
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Cast & Crew
John W. Noble
William Faversham
Jane Grey
Edward Brennan
Henry Bergman
Harold De Becker
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Charlie Steele, an unpopular but brilliant criminal lawyer who uses liquor for inspiration, secures the acquittal of Joe Portugaise, whom he believes is guilty of murder. Steele marries Kathleen Wantage, although there is no love between them, and five years later they become estranged when she thinks that he stole money that her dissolute brother Billy really took. After Steele, now a drunkard, fights in a saloon and is thrown into a lake, Portugaise rescues him. Steele's subsequent amnesia lasts for a year, after which he learns that Kathleen has remarried. In the northern Canadian village where Portugaise takes him, Steele is shunned for being a heretic by all but Rosalie, who nurses him and tries unsuccessfully to convert him. When Billy arrives and sets the church on fire, Steele saves the sacred vessels. Later, Steele is mortally wounded when Billy tries to rob the collection to rebuild the church. Steele sees death personified as the grim reaper and a vision of Rosalie. He then accepts the church's teachings, is baptized and dies.
Director
John W. Noble
Cast
William Faversham
Jane Grey
Edward Brennan
Henry Bergman
Harold De Becker
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Other films made from the same source were produced in 1920 by Metro (see below) and in 1931 by Warner Bros., starring Conrad Nagel and Loretta Young.
