The Running Fight
Cast & Crew
James Durkin
Robert Cummings
Violet Heming
Thurlow Bergen
Robert Cain
William T. Carleton
Film Details
Synopsis
Banking magnate Peter V. Wilkinson deliberately bankrupts his own trust company and secretly puts deposits into an account in the name of his daughter Leslie. After the police repel a mob of depositors bent on attacking Wilkinson, the trust's vice-president, Giles Illingsworth, breaks into Wilkinson's mansion, intent on shooting him, until Leslie calms him. Illingsworth's fiancée, Madeline Braine, who once was Wilkinson's mistress, shoots at Wilkinson after he tells Illingsworth of their affair, but Wilkinson's secretary shields him and is killed. Madeline becomes demented, and Illingsworth is sentenced to death for the murder. After Wilkinson finds that he cannot bribe the judge and jury hearing his case, he arranges for Eliot Beekman, Leslie's sweetheart, to be elected Governor of New York. When Beekman pardons Illingsworth, but refuses Wilkinson's pardon, Leslie denounces him, after which Wilkinson contrives a phony suicide and escapes. After Beekman and Leslie overhear Wilkinson bribing a detective, Beekman forces Wilkinson to restore the money to the depositors. Wilkinson is then pardoned, and Beekman's marriage to Leslie is announced.
Director
James Durkin
Cast
Robert Cummings
Violet Heming
Thurlow Bergen
Robert Cain
William T. Carleton
Clarissa Selwynne
George Pauncefort
Alfred Kappeler
Philip Robson
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Notes
This was the first production of Pre-Eminent Films, Ltd. The film was reduced from six to five reels soon after its release. According to a news item, in addition to being based on the novel, the film was also taken from Louis Albion's and David Perkin's play of the same name. No information concerning the play's production has been located, however.
