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The Undercurrent (1919)

NR ★ 10.0/10 60 min Drama United States English
Director: Wilfrid North
Story by: Arthur Guy Empey
Scenario Writer: William Addison Lathrop
Streaming: Not available
A story of the evil forces that underlie life- and that seek to pull down that which man builds up in his best moments.

Description

Jack Duncan returns from the war in France to his wife and baby and learns that his job as a draftsman at the Loring Steel Mills has been taken. Given work in the machine shop, Jack becomes the prey of Red agitators who want him because of his popularity with soldiers. The Reds cause Jack's discharge just when his house payments come due, and when they convince him of the injustice of his situation, he joins their ranks. After learning of plans to burn the factory and Loring's home, and start a riot in the town, Jack is won over by a socialist's arguments advocating mild reforms. At a meeting of workingmen, Jack praises Americanism. He warns Loring and, with soldiers at a nearby camp, quells the riot. After a woman agitator kills her comrades and then shoots herself, Jack arrives home to save his wife from an attack by a Red ringleader. Jack is then made a foreman at the mill.

Top Cast

Arthur Guy Empey
Arthur Guy Empey Jack Duncan
Florence Martin
Florence Martin Lucy Duncan
Vera Boehm Jack Duncan, Jr.
Marguerite Courtot
Marguerite Courtot Fanny Brett
Betty Blythe
Betty Blythe Mariska
William R. Dunn
William R. Dunn Ivan
Sally Crute
Sally Crute Sylvia Loring
F.R. Buckley Padris Thann

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