Temptation and the Man (1916)
Jim Crosby, the product of a broken home, becomes a gangster and goes to prison. Meanwhile, Ann Payton, an heiress, converts a saloon into a mission. She is engaged to her father's secretary, Temple Vaughn, a gambler. Jim is released from prison and seeks shelter at the mission. Temple becomes indebted to gambler Phil Johnson and is forced to arrange a crooked poker game involving some of his wealthy friends. Jim overhears the plot and, realizing that Temple is Ann's fiancé, robs the poker game and puts a check Temple forged into Temple's own pocket.
- Date of release
- 1916-07-24
- Runtime
- 50m
- Genres
- Crime, Drama
- Director
- Robert F. Hill
Casting
- Hobart Henley — Temple Vaughn
- Sydell Dowling — Ann Payton
- Sidney Bracey — Jim Crosby
- A.H. Busby — John Payton-Banker
- Joseph Granby — Phil Johnson
- Clara Beyers — Mamma Costello
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