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The Undercurrent

19191h 0m10.0/ 10 · TMDB · 1 votes
Drama

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.

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Directed by Wilfrid North

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Ansh Kapoor

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The people behind the story

Arthur Guy Empey
Arthur Guy Empey

Jack Duncan

Florence Martin
Florence Martin

Lucy Duncan

Marguerite Courtot
Marguerite Courtot

Fanny Brett

Betty Blythe
Betty Blythe

Mariska

William R. Dunn
William R. Dunn

Ivan

Sally Crute
Sally Crute

Sylvia Loring

Arthur Donaldson
Arthur Donaldson

Malin

Charles A. Stevenson
Charles A. Stevenson

John Loring

Eugene Strong
Eugene Strong

Edward Taylor

Vera Boehm

Jack Duncan, Jr.

F.R. Buckley

Padris Thann

Betty Hutchinson

Mrs. Loring

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Film details

Released16 Nov 1919
Original languageEnglish
CountriesUnited States of America
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