The Trembling Hour
Cast & Crew
George Siegmann
Helen Jerome Eddy
Kenneth Harlan
Henry Barrows
Willis Marks
Clyde Hopkins
Film Details
Synopsis
Convict Ralph Dunstan wins the friendship of district attorney George Belding and goes straight after finishing his prison term. He fights in World War I but returns home after suffering from shell shock. George sends Ralph to his brother John Belding in California, where he hopes the western air will cure him. Ralph meets and falls in love with John's niece, Margy Webb. Mrs. Byrnie, a professional blackmailer, fakes a robbery and requests John to pay the value of the gems, which are later discovered to be fake. A storm occurs while Ralph and John discuss the affair, and the effects of Ralph's shell shock cause him to turn on John, who is discovered murdered the next morning. Ralph is accused of the crime, but George arrives and forces a confession from Mrs. Byrnie's butler. Ralph's name is cleared, and he finds happiness with Margy.
Director
George Siegmann
Cast
Helen Jerome Eddy
Kenneth Harlan
Henry Barrows
Willis Marks
Clyde Hopkins
Edna Shipman
Gertrude Astor
Anna May Walthall
Film Details
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Notes
Scenes from the film were shot in San Quentin Prison in San Quentin, CA. One contemporary trade article and the 1920 MPSD place Carl Stockdale in the cast, but other reviews and articles omit him from the credits.
