The Adventurer (1917) on Netflix
The convict known as The Eel escapes prison and mocks his pursuers. He saves a girl, her mother and a suitor from drowning, then recovers at Judge Brown's home.
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Plot summary
Convict number 23, known as The Eel, has given the police hunting him the slip and lies buried in the sand on a beach, an officer asleep beside the spot. He digs himself out, climbs a cliff, dodges a band of officers and reaches the sea. Offshore a girl, her mother and the suitor who courts her are in the water. The suitor will not go in, so the convict pulls the two women to shore and returns for him, and the effort leaves him helpless. He comes to in Judge Brown's house, where the girl lives, and at a party there he competes with the suitor for her company while the guards' hunt goes on.
Cast
- Marta Goldenas Mrs. Brown - The Mother
- Toraichi Konoas Chauffeur (uncredited)
- Monta Bellas Man (uncredited)
- Janet Sullyas Marie (uncredited)
Did you know?!Facts and trivia about The Adventurer (1917)
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- In 1932, Amedee Van Beuren of Van Beuren Studios bought Charlie Chaplin's Mutual comedies for $10,000 each and re-released them through RKO Radio Pictures with added music by Gene Rodemich and Winston Sharples and new sound effects. Chaplin had no legal recourse to stop the release.
