A man and his wife both have criminal pasts, but have quit crime and are now respectable citizens. One day a member of their old gang shows up and threatens to expose them if they don't help him pull a heist.
Acting
Norma Talmadge's face does what ten pages of dialogue couldn't.
Direction
Franklin brothers squeeze claustrophobic dread from 1916 technology.
Director
Sidney Franklin
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The Franklin brothers were barely out of their teens when they directed this — teenage prodigies of the silent era.
Norma Talmadge was so famous that 'Norma Talmadge' became slang for 'expensive-looking woman' in 1920s America.
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