Gladstone Smith, a fearful young reporter, gets on the wrong side of a murderous criminal and flees to Alaska, along with the killer's wife, who is equally frightened of her husband. But the murderer pursues them to the frozen north and Gladstone must overcome his cowardice in order to overcome his nemesis.
Acting
Wallace Beery's 'Slugger'—silent era villainy at full snarl.
Production
Alaska location shooting, or very convincing fakes.
Director
Ralph Ince
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Charles Ray was huge in silents, then crashed hard—this was near his peak.
The 'North' as moral testing ground was a 1920s obsession; this predates Jack London fatigue by decades.
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