Hidden Power
Cast & Crew
Lewis D. Collins
Jack Holt
Gertrude Michael
Dickie Moore
Marilyn Knowlden
Regis Toomey
Film Details
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Synopsis
Dr. Stephen Garfield, head of the research department at Chemical Products, Inc., accidentally discovers a dangerous explosive while searching for a formula to prevent septic toximia from setting in after severe burns. Stephen orders the formula abandoned, but his assistant, Scott, decides to experiment further and blows up the factory. Stephen is discharged for negligence until Gilbert Weston and Downey, two members of the company's board of directors, realize that a fortune can be made from the explosive and offer to buy it from the chemist. Although torn between the demands of his social climbing wife Virginia, who wants him to sell the formula and make her rich, and what he feels is his duty to mankind, Stephen refuses to sell. Virginia angrily takes their son Steve, Jr. and leaves her husband, but restless and unhappy at being separated from his father, the boy runs back to Stephen. Enraged at Junior's disloyalty, Virginia comes after him, and while driving back home at high speed, her car skids, turns over and bursts into flames. In the accident, Virginia is killed and Junior badly burned. Assuming full responsibility for his son's life, Stephen injects the boy with his formula. After several treatments, the boy rallies and recovers, and father and son plan a new life together.
Director
Lewis D. Collins
Cast
Jack Holt
Gertrude Michael
Dickie Moore
Marilyn Knowlden
Regis Toomey
Henry Kolker
Harry Hayden
William B. Davidson
Holmes Herbert
Helen Brown
Christian Rub
Crew
Film Details
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Notes
The working title of this film was Power to Kill. A Hollywood Reporter production chart adds George Meeker to the cast, but his participation in the released film has not been confirmed.
