Movie: The Girl and the Crisis

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Dorothy Davenport
Dorothy Davenport

Ellen Wilmot

Charles Perley
Charles Perley

Oliver Barnitz

Harry Holden
Harry Holden

Jacob Wilmot

William V. Mong
William V. Mong

The Honorable Peter Barnitz

Alfred Hollingsworth
Alfred Hollingsworth

David Houston

Forrest Seabury
Forrest Seabury

John

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    Lieut. Governor Oliver Barnitz accedes to the governorship when his predecessor, failing to call out the militia during a riot at the Wilmot plant, is shot and killed by terrorist Oliver Poole. Faced with the dilemma of whether or not to commute the assassin's death sentence, Barnitz falls into a troubled sleep and dreams of being forced to cast judgment on his father in a similar position.

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    1917-02-26

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    A Gripping Political Drama of Graft, Intrigue, Plot and Counter-Plot

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