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The Availing Prayer

Oct 30, 1914 · 11m
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Drama

PLOT

William Rock, assistant cashier in a business concern, has a sick daughter. The doctor urges that she be taken immediately to another climate, and Rock, unable to get an advance on his pay, is desperate. He has been in the habit of taking the deposits to the bank every Saturday, and then going direct from the bank home. He determines that week to steal the money. On Saturday Rock is followed on the street by a couple of crooks. He goes into a telephone booth to phone his daughter May and her fiancé, a young physician, that they can start south with the younger sister at once. Taking the money out of the bank satchel, he stuffs it in his inside vest pocket and leaves with the empty bag in his hand. He goes down an alleyway to get rid of the satchel, but is assaulted by the gunmen and the bag taken from him.

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CAST

Dorothy Gish
May Rock
Raoul Walsh
The Doctor
Spottiswoode Aitken
William Rock
Bob Burns
John P. McCarthy
Directed by Donald Crisp

DETAILS

Status
Released
Original language
EN
Budget
—
Revenue
—
Production
Reliance Film Company
Country
US

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