

One man, two identities, and a love triangle that could destroy them both.
Acting
Richard Dix plays identical twins with surprising physical distinction.
Direction
Sidney Franklin's economical 70-minute mystery structure.

Director
Sidney Franklin
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Richard Dix insisted on playing both twins without a double, forcing innovative split-screen techniques rare for 1921.
This adaptation of Maximilian Foster's novel arrived during Hollywood's brief obsession with 'twin melo-dramas' before the Hays Code sanitized such morally ambiguous triangles.