A Romance of the Underworld
30/06/1918
Convent raised Doris Elliott moves to New York to live with her brother Richard not knowing that he is part of a drug trafficking ring controlled by unscrupulous ward boss Michael O'Leary. At first Doris remains ignorant of the pervasiveness of crime and corruption in the Lower East Side until her friend, Mamie Bronson, whose brother, "Dopey Benny," has fallen victim to drugs, confesses that O'Leary has raped her. When O'Leary breaks into their home and attempts to rape her as well, he is shot when Richard unexpectedly arrives. Finding O'Leary dead and Richard unconscious, the police arrest Doris, and she is tried for murder. Defense lawyer Thomas McDonald, who has been working to expose the politician, is losing his case when Dopey Benny testifies that he killed O'Leary to avenge his sister's assault. Acquitted Doris is now free to marry Thomas.
Movie Information
Catherine Calvert
as Doris Elliott
David Powell
as Richard Elliott
Eugene O'Brien
as Thomas McDonald
Edwin Forsberg
as Michael O'Leary
Sibyl Carmen
as Mamie Bronson
Marcia Harris
as Sarah
Harry Lee
as Slippery Jake
Cecil Chichester
as Dopey Benny Bronson
Kid Broad
as Fighter
Ted 'Kid' Lewis
as Fighter
