A 1923 roadhouse murder, a society girl on the run, and a mysterious protector with secrets of his own.
Young society girl Joyce Lyndon is engaged to energetic Grant Garrison, who lures the judge's daughter to a roadhouse for the night and meets his death at the hands of an abandoned wife. Joyce escapes in fright and meets Martin Antrim, who protects her in exchange for an introduction to her circle of friends.
Acting
Bryant Washburn's smoldering mysterious stranger energy, no dialogue needed.
Production
Glimpses of actual 1920s roadhouse culture before it was romanticized.
Director
John Ince
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Director John Ince was Thomas H. Ince's brother and pivoted from acting to directing over 50 silent films, most now lost.
The 'roadhouse panic' was a genuine 1920s moral crisis—this film exploits that anxiety while pretending to condemn it.
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