The Girl by the Roadside (1917)

Genre : Mystery

Runtime : 50M

Director : Theodore Marston

Synopsis

Unknown to Judith Ralston, her brother Budd and his wife Vera are counterfeiters. In order to escape Fayban, a secret service agent, they leave Judith at a little town in Virginia. One day while out horseback riding, Judith is injured and rescued by Boone Pendleton, who takes her to his cabin. Later, she receives instructions from her brother to go to the Ralston house and destroy anything that she sees. Fayban, suspicious of the girl, wires Washington to shadow her.

Actors

Violet Mersereau
Violet Mersereau
Judith Ralston
Cecil Owen
Cecil Owen
Bud Ralston
Ann Andrews
Ann Andrews
Vera Ralston
Alan Edwards
Alan Edwards
Boone Pendleton
Robert F. Hill
Robert F. Hill
Rayban
Royal Byron
Royal Byron
Billy Cartwright
Kenneth Hall
Kenneth Hall
Constable
Sam B. Minter
Sam B. Minter
Jake

Crews

Theodore Marston
Theodore Marston
Director
John C. Brownell
John C. Brownell
Scenario Writer
Frederic Van Rensselaer Dey
Frederic Van Rensselaer Dey
Novel

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