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The Mainspring

191650mMovieDrama

Finding himself penniless, Lawrence Ashmore, whose late father was ruined on the stock exchange, obtains a position as a reporter. Ashmore is assigned to investigate the reported fatal illness of Jesse Craven, one of Wall Street's financial monarchs.

DirectorJack Conway
WritersWilliam Parker·Charles Agnew MacLean

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Cast · Directed by Jack Conway

BWBen F. Wilson
Ben F. Wilson
Lawrence Ashmore / Larry Craven
FBFrancelia Billington
Francelia Billington
Jesse Craven
WHWilbur Higby
Wilbur Higby
Richard Creelman
HH
Henry Holland
Edith Craven
CB
Clyde Benson
William Ramsdale
RWRaymond Whittaker
Raymond Whittaker
Shackleton
MRMarc Robbins
Marc Robbins
Israel Farnum
TJThomas Jefferson
Thomas Jefferson
James Sharp
EBEd Brady
Ed Brady
Jerviss
MMMary Maurice
Mary Maurice
Bernice

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