Summary Civil engineer Robert Clay (Norman Kerry) is commissioned by wealthy New Yorker Mr. Langham to open iron deposits in the tiny South American republic of Olancho. General Mendoza (Wallace Beery), the unscrupulous head of the army, unsuccessfully tries to persuade President Alvarez, and then Clay, to divide the spoils of the contract. Mendoza begins a revolution against Alvarez, but Clay and his men set out to stop the plan. Meanwhile, Mr. Langham arrives with his two enchanting daughters, Alice (Anna Q. Nilsson) and Hope (Pauline Starke), on board a yacht owned by Reginald King, Alice's suitor. Clay's long-lived attraction for Alice has been met with coldness, but Hope wins his heart by shooting down some of Mendoza's men when they try to kill him. After a savage battle, and the arrival of a U.S. battleship with sailors, Mendoza is finally beaten. View more details
Directed : Allan Dwan
Written : Allan Dwan Richard Harding Davis
Stars : Norman Kerry Melbourne MacDowell Anna Q. Nilsson Pauline Starke
Genres : Adventure Drama
Release date : Nov 21, 1919
Countries of origin : United States
Language : English None
Filming locations : San Diego Fairgrounds, Balboa Park - 1549 El Prado, San Diego, California, USA
Production companies : Allan Dwan Productions Mayflower Photoplay Company
Summary Civil engineer Robert Clay (Norman Kerry) is commissioned by wealthy New Yorker Mr. Langham to open iron deposits in the tiny South American republic of Olancho. General Mendoza (Wallace Beery), the unscrupulous head of the army, unsuccessfully tries to persuade President Alvarez, and then Clay, to divide the spoils of the contract. Mendoza begins a revolution against Alvarez, but Clay and his men set out to stop the plan. Meanwhile, Mr. Langham arrives with his two enchanting daughters, Alice (Anna Q. Nilsson) and Hope (Pauline Starke), on board a yacht owned by Reginald King, Alice's suitor. Clay's long-lived attraction for Alice has been met with coldness, but Hope wins his heart by shooting down some of Mendoza's men when they try to kill him. After a savage battle, and the arrival of a U.S. battleship with sailors, Mendoza is finally beaten. View more details
Genres : Adventure Drama
Release date : Nov 21, 1919
Countries of origin : United States
Language : English None
Filming locations : San Diego Fairgrounds, Balboa Park - 1549 El Prado, San Diego, California, USA
Production companies : Allan Dwan Productions Mayflower Photoplay Company
