The Trembling Hour (1919)

movie

Country: USA
Genres: Mystery
Release: 1919-11-01
Director: George Siegmann
Writers: Kenneth B. Clarke , Doris Schroeder
Language: None
Stars: Helen Jerome Eddy , Kenneth Harlan , Henry A. Barrows , Willis Marks , Clyde E. Hopkins , Edna Shipman , Gertrude Astor (1887–1977) , Anna Mae Walthall
Runtime: 60 min
Awards: N/A
AKA: The Trembling Hour (United States of America) , The Trembling Hour (Germany) , 恐怖の瞬間 (Japan) , The Trembling Hour , The Trembling Hour (United Kingdom)
Plot: Convict Ralph Dunstan wins the friendship of district attorney George Belding and goes straight after finishing his prison term. He fights in World War I but returns home after suffering from shell shock. George sends Ralph to his brother John Belding in California, where he hopes the western air will cure him. Ralph meets and falls in love with John's niece, Margy Webb. Mrs. Byrnie, a professional blackmailer, fakes a robbery and requests John to pay the value of the gems, which are later discovered to be fake. A storm occurs while Ralph and John discuss the affair, and the effects of Ralph's shell shock cause him to turn on John, who is discovered murdered the next morning. Ralph is accused of the crime, but George arrives and forces a confession from Mrs. Byrnie's butler. Ralph's name is cleared, and he finds happiness with Margy.
IMDB:tt0011787