The Master Hand

Overview

James Rallston, facing financial hardship, marries a wealthy invalid widow with a daughter, Jean, and plots to control her fortune. He orchestrates her confinement in a sanitarium by drugging her and falsely claiming she is insane, with the help of a conniving doctor and sanitarium keeper. Fifteen years later, Rallston has lost Jean's fortune through speculation and seeks help from John Bigelow to recover it, offering Jean as a reward. Bigelow, suspicious of Rallston, discovers the truth about the widow and Jean's father, and rescues the widow from the sanitarium.

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Cast

Nat C. Goodwin

John Bigelow

Theodore Babcock

James Rallston

Julia Stuart

Mrs. Rallston

Florence Malone

Jean Rallston

Clarissa Selwynne

Dr. Lane

Katherine Lee

Dot

Madge Evans

Jean as a Child

Kittens Reichert

Child

Carroll Fleming

Ed Pembroke

Alex Calvert

Dr. Garside