The Mainspring

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1916 · 50 min · Drama

Overview

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.

Directed by Jack Conway

Cast

• Ben F. Wilson — Lawrence Ashmore / Larry Craven
• Francelia Billington — Jesse Craven
• Wilbur Higby — Richard Creelman
• Henry Holland — Edith Craven
• Clyde Benson — William Ramsdale