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The Wasp (1918)

NR ★ 9.0/10 50 min Comedy, Drama United States English
Story by: Willard Mack
Streaming: Not available

Description

Grace Culver's sharp tongue, has garnered her with the nicknamed "The Wasp." A spirited disagreement with her canning magnate father, John Culver, results from Grace's refusal to marry Kane Putnam, her father's business partner, and she orders her new chauffeur, Tim Purcell, to take her and her maid Miller on a drive. On their return, they are captured by Brazsos, a German spy who plans to blow up her father's munitions factory. Grace learns of the hidden tunnel Brazsos has excavated to the factory, and as Miller escapes to alert the police, Grace unties the chauffeur and leads him to the tunnel. When the bomb explodes prematurely, Grace and Tim become trapped, and facing death, they confess their mutual love. The two are rescued, after which Grace discovers that Tim actually is wealthy Yale football star Harry Cortland, a revelation that delights her father.

Top Cast

Kitty Gordon
Kitty Gordon Grace Culver
Rockliffe Fellowes
Rockliffe Fellowes Harry Cortland / Tim Purcell
Charles Gerry John Culver
Zadee Burbank Mrs. Culver
William Calhoun Mr. Cortland
Edward Roseman
Edward Roseman Jackson Devereaux
Victor Kennard Kane Putnam
Lionel Belmore
Lionel Belmore Brazsos

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