Wanted for Murder
Cast & Crew
Frank Crane
Elaine Hammerstein
Charles Raven
Lillian Hall
Mrs. Walker
Capt. Darby Holmes
Film Details
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Synopsis
During World War I, Dick Randall says goodbye to his mother and joins the troops in battle overseas. Dazed by the explosion of a shell, he wanders over the German lines and is hiding in a haystack when a French peasant girl named Corinne Frenaud discovers him. Convalescing in her mother's cottage, Dick falls in love with Corinne, and she proves her love by accompanying him across the American lines after a shell destroys the cottage. Corinne quickly becomes the favorite of Dick's regiment, but he is distracted from his jealousy by the idea of showering Berlin with pamphlets featuring a photo of Kaiser Wilhelm and the inscription "Wanted for Murder." With the help of a pilot, Dick flies over Berlin and drops the photos, but the plane is shot on its way back to France. Corinne again rescues him just as the truce is declared, and later, Dick takes the brave woman to America as his bride.
Director
Frank Crane
Cast
Elaine Hammerstein
Charles Raven
Lillian Hall
Mrs. Walker
Capt. Darby Holmes
Burton Green
Irene Franklin
Mrs. Eggleston
Allen Adams
Crew
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Notes
Irene Franklin and Burton Green were popular vaudeville personalities who entertained the American troops during World War I. In reproducing these shows for the film, they were assisted by 500 soldiers at Camp Merritt, NJ. The film had its premiere in New York on December 8, 1918. Allen Adams, a U.S. Government air pilot who performed stunts in the film, died in a plane crash a few days after filming.
