The High Hand
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Cast & Crew
William D. Taylor
Carlyle Blackwell
Neva Gerber
William Brunton
Douglas Gerrard
John Sheehan
Film Details
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Synopsis
Jim Warren rises through the ranks in a steel mill to become the superintendant. His sympathies remain with the workers, however, and with their encouragement, he runs for assemblyman to unseat the corrupt incumbent, Francis Everard Lewis. When Jim helps Edna Tillinghast, a politician's daughter whom he met once in the mill, to fix her stalled car, he discovers to his dismay that she is Lewis' fiancée. After Lewis' secretary Franques gives Jim evidence to incriminate Lewis for graft, and Lewis withdraws from the race, Edna believes that Jim forced him out unfairly. Jim next runs for governor against Edna's father. Edna soon realizes Jim's integrity and breaks her engagement with Lewis against her father's wishes. After Jim receives bribes from various sources, Lewis tries to have Jim arrested, but Jim leads investigators to his bank, where he reveals the untouched, sealed bribes. Jim's fame is spread by the newspapers, and when he is nominated for governor, Edna consents to be his wife.
Director
William D. Taylor
Cast
Carlyle Blackwell
Neva Gerber
William Brunton
Douglas Gerrard
John Sheehan
Henry Kernan
Richard Willis
Crew
Film Details
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Notes
The author of The High Hand, Jacques Futrelle, died when the Titanic sank. Some scenes in this film were shot at the State Capitol in Sacramento, CA and in the Alexandria Hotel in Los Angeles.
