Champion of Lost Causes (1925)

Champion of Lost Causes

1925

Mystery

Synopsis

Loring, an author, in getting material for a book, goes to a gambling den. He sees Wilbur, who acts strangely. He follows him and when Wilbur is killed, Peter Charles, father of Beatrice Charles, is accused of the murder. The gambler gives him a fictitious story about a murderous gang when Loring attempts to solve the murder mystery. Several attempts are made on his life by the gang but fail. The gambler proves to be Beatrice’s villainous fiancee, and when he confesses the murder Loring wins the young woman.

Credits

Director

Chester Bennett

Cast

Alec B. Francis as Peter Charles

Barbara Bedford as Beatrice Charles

Edmund Lowe as Loring

Jack McDonald as Joseph Wilbur

Walter McGrail as Zanten / Dick Sterling

Crew

Ernest Palmer (Cinematography)

Max Brand (Writer)