The Devil's Riddle
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March 8, 1920
50m
Overview
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 BarnesRichard Cummings
Potts, the banker
Claire McDowell
Mrs. PottsTom Bates
Hotel proprietor
Jack Curtis
Nicholas Dunaew
Paul EversLouis Fitzroy
Sam Tuttle
Vera Lewis
Leading lady
Louis Natheaux
Leading man
Kate Price
Mrs. FrankBen Suslow
Hotel proprietor's sonEaster Walters
Arline PottsChance Ward
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