1915

0h 59m

6.0(71 votes)

Drama

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A venal, spoiled stockbroker's wife impulsively embezzles $10,000 from the charity she chairs and desperately turns to a Burmese ivory trader to replace the stolen money.

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11 members

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Fannie Ward

Edith Hardy

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Sessue Hayakawa

Hishuru Tori [Haka Arakau]

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Jack Dean

Richard Hardy

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James Neill

Jones

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阿部豊

Tori's valet

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Dana Ong

District attorney

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Hazel Childers

Mrs. Reynolds

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Arthur H. Williams

Courtroom judge

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Dick La Reno

Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)

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Lucien Littlefield

Hardy's Secretary (uncredited)

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Raymond Hatton

Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)

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