Summary Suspicious that his employers are diamond-smugglers, soldier-of-fortune Myles Calthrope quits his job in the African mines and heads south, where he meets and falls in love with Joan Farrant. Unaware that her brother Henry is in the diamond-smuggling business, Joan obtains Myles a position in the family firm. Myles is given an envelope of legal documents to deliver, but when he is searched aboard ship, diamonds are discovered in the pouch and Myles is imprisoned. After completing his sentence, Myles secures a job on the Prescott sugar plantation, where he again meets Joan, who denounces him as a smuggler. Mr. Prescott, Myles's employer, determines to prove Myles' innocence, finally pinning the crime on Farrant who, on his deathbed, exonerates Myles. Finally realizing that she has misjudged Myles, Joan goes to him and begs his forgiveness. View more details
Directed : Thomas N. Heffron
Written : Margaret Turnbull F.E. Mills Young
Stars : Clarence Burton Lois Wilson Robert Warwick J.M. Dumont
Genres : Drama
Release date : Apr 10, 1920
Countries of origin : United States
Language : English None
Production companies : Famous Players-Lasky Corporation
Summary Suspicious that his employers are diamond-smugglers, soldier-of-fortune Myles Calthrope quits his job in the African mines and heads south, where he meets and falls in love with Joan Farrant. Unaware that her brother Henry is in the diamond-smuggling business, Joan obtains Myles a position in the family firm. Myles is given an envelope of legal documents to deliver, but when he is searched aboard ship, diamonds are discovered in the pouch and Myles is imprisoned. After completing his sentence, Myles secures a job on the Prescott sugar plantation, where he again meets Joan, who denounces him as a smuggler. Mr. Prescott, Myles's employer, determines to prove Myles' innocence, finally pinning the crime on Farrant who, on his deathbed, exonerates Myles. Finally realizing that she has misjudged Myles, Joan goes to him and begs his forgiveness. View more details
Genres : Drama
Release date : Apr 10, 1920
Countries of origin : United States
Language : English None
Production companies : Famous Players-Lasky Corporation
