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The Mainspring

1916
Directed byJack Conway
0h 50m

Finding himself penniless, Lawrence Ashmore, whose late father was ruined on the stock exchange, obtains a position as a reporter. Ashmore is assigned to investigate the reported fatal illness of Jesse Craven, one of Wall Street's financial monarchs.

CAST
Ben F. WilsonLawrence Ashmore / Larry CravenFrancelia BillingtonJesse CravenWilbur Higby
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Henry HollandEdith Craven
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Thomas JeffersonJames Sharp
Ed BradyJerviss
Mary MauriceBernice
DETAILS
GENRES
Drama
STATUSReleased
RATING
NR

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