The Secret Seven (1916)

movie

Country: USA
Genres: Drama, Short
Release: 1916-01-22
Director: William Humphrey
Writers: N/A
Language: None | English
Stars: Rose Tapley , Carolyn Birch , William Humphrey , Leo Delaney , Templar Saxe , Harry Northrup
Runtime: min
Awards: N/A
AKA: The Secret Seven , The Secret Seven (United States of America)
Plot: Dr. Manfredi, an Italian-American doctor, is a friend of Paul Hampton, United States Secret Service man, and accidentally stumbling upon a band of counterfeiters known as the "Secret Seven," Manfredi is sworn to secrecy by Sebastian, the villainous leader. Hampton, however, surmises what has happened from things his doctor friend tells him, and gains possession of one of the counterfeit bills. With this to work on, Hampton disguises himself and goes to work in the Italian quarter, Sebastian watches the doctor's movements and in that way discovers that Manfredi's sweetheart, Viola, is a girl he loved in Italy. He makes himself known to the girl and by threatening to inform the police that her father murdered her husband in Italy, forces her to break her engagement and marry him. Manfredi is broken hearted, but cowed by the receipt of letters from the "Secret Seven" is cowed into submission. But Rita, a cast-off sweetheart of Sebastian's, and a member of the "Secret Seven" learns that he has married Viola and filled with jealous rage, determines on revenge. She goes to the Fiori home, where the wedding ceremony has just been completed, finds Sebastian, and upon his refusal to give up Viola, stabs him. Viola finds the body and is accused of killing Sebastian. Viola protests her innocence, and tells the story of how he had used his hold over her father to force her into a marriage with him, and proves that her father killed a man in self-defense, only. Meanwhile, Hampton has raided the counterfeiter's den, captured Rita and the gang, and on being brought to the Fiori home, the woman confesses she killed Sebastian. Viola and Manfredi are then happily reunited.
IMDB:tt0765203