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Half a Chance is a american film of genre Drama directed by Robert Thornby released in USA on 24 october 1920 with Mahlon Hamilton

Half a Chance (1920)

Half a Chance
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Released in USA 24 october 1920
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OriginUSA
Genres Drama

La Marque infâme (Half a Chance) est un film américain de Robert Thornby, sorti en 1920.

Synopsis

Burke, en route pour la prison pour un meurtre qu'il n'a pas commis, arrive à s'évader et trouve un travail sur un bateau dans la salle des machines. Sur ce bateau, voyagent également le juge Wray, qui l'a condamné, Jocelyn, sa fille âgée de 10 ans, et Jack Ronsdale, qui le reconnaît à cause d'un tatouage. Burke est alors mis aux fers mais s'échappe lors d'une tempête. Au cours de son évasion, il sauve la vie de Jocelyn, qui était passée par-dessus bord. Ronsdale le rejette à l'eau et le croit noyé. Burke, qui a réussi à nager jusqu'à une île voisine, y découvre des livres de droit épargnés par la tempête et commence à les étudier.

Actors

Mahlon Hamilton

(Burke, alias John Steele)Mary McAllister

(Jocelyn Wray, 10 years old)Lillian Rich

(Jocelyn Wray, 20 years old)Sidney Ainsworth

(Jack Ronsdale)Josephine Crowell

(Mother Rogers)
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