A "scientific detective" story about the attempted murder of a wealthy New Yorker in his mountain lodge is framed with a satire of Hollywood as the writer of the story comically tries to get the script read and accepted by a studio.
Director:
William Desmond
The Author / Horace Lee
Robert McKim
Donald Greene
J. Barney Sherry
Richard Deering
Margaret Thompson
Evelyn Deering
Joseph J. Dowling
The Butler
Jerome Storm
Butler's Son
Louis Durham
Joe
J. Frank Burke
The Specialist
Reginald Barker
Himself
C. Gardner Sullivan
Himself
