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The Usurer's Grip is a film of genre Drama directed by Charles Brabin released in USA on 4 october 1912 with Walter Edwin

The Usurer's Grip (1912)

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Released in USA 4 october 1912
Length 15minutes
Directed by
Genres Drama
Rating57% 2.872172.872172.872172.872172.87217

Le Trésor de l'avare (The Usurer's Grip) est un film américain de Charles Brabin sorti en 1912.

Synopsis

Une famille dont la petite fille est malade contracte un emprunt à un taux usuraire auprès d'un 'loan shark' (usurier escroc). Incapable de repayer les traites exorbitantes, le père perd son emploi. Par chance, il trouve un nouveau patron qui va l'aider à contracter un nouvel emprunt à un taux normal et à se débarrasser de ses traites.

Actors

Walter Edwin

(Thomas Jenks)Gertrude McCoy

(Mrs. Thomas Jenks)Charles Ogle

(Manager of the Loan Office)Robert Brower

(The Enlightened Employer)
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