The Devil's Riddle (1920)
During a raging Montana snowstorm, Doctor Jim Barnes collapses at Esther Anderson's cabin door. Esther offers Jim refuge, but when he discovers that their food supplies are running dangerously low, he braves the journey into town in order to replenish them. On the way, he is overcome with exhaustion and fails to return. Esther, unaware of Jim's condition and abused by her stepfather, joins a theatrical troop and leaves home.
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Cast
- Gladys Brockwell — Esther Anderson
- William Scott — Dr. Jim Barnes
- Richard Cummings — Potts, the banker
- Claire McDowell — Mrs. Potts
- Tom Bates — Hotel proprietor
- Jack Curtis
- Nicholas Dunaew — Paul Evers
- Louis Fitzroy — Sam Tuttle
- Vera Lewis — Leading lady
- Louis Natheaux — Leading man
- Kate Price — Mrs. Frank
- Ben Suslow — Hotel proprietor's son
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