The Pursuing Shadow
Brief Synopsis
Cast & Crew
Tom Terriss
Tom Terriss
Anna Luther
Millie Terriss
Kathryn Adams
Cornice Beck
Film Details
Synopsis
Viscount Acheson, in America to purchase war supplies for England, buys an expensive pearl necklace to take back to his wife. After he allows Julie Dexter, his hostess at a dance, to wear the necklace, it is stolen by gentleman crook Craig Dare, who would also like to steal Julie from her husband Earl, a diplomatic attaché. Dare hands the necklace through the window to Tony Oscaros, an underworld figure posing as a chauffeur, who greatly resembles Earl. Later, Acheson, who is carrying $100,000 in cash, accompanies Dare to a neighborhood roadhouse owned by Earl's father John. Acheson is robbed and killed by Oscaros, who runs out just as John Dexter arrives. Because of his resemblance to Oscaros, Earl is convicted and sentenced to life imprisonment, but in the courtroom, Oscaro's little boy, who witnessed the murder, realizes that Earl is not his father. Earl is freed, and Oscaros falls to his death while fighting the police.
Director
Tom Terriss
Cast
Tom Terriss
Anna Luther
Millie Terriss
Kathryn Adams
Cornice Beck
Alfred Hemming
R. De Cordova
Lionel Pape
Devore Palmer
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William Terriss, the father of the director, and Edwin Booth, the famous actor, appeared in the stage production. Tom Terriss also played the lead role onstage. According to an ad for the film, it is "based on one of the noted Victorien Sardou's contributions to dramatic literature." Contemporary reviewers credited William Terriss with adapting the play. Some reviewers list Roland Hemming as playing the role of "John Dexter" rather than Alfred Hemming. The working title of this film was His Double. The film was copyrighted under this title.
