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The Turn of the Wheel
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The Turn of the Wheel

Sep 1, 1918
0h 50m
★ 1.0

Overview

While visiting Monte Carlo with her aunt, Rosalie Dean meets a young man, Maxfield Gray who is ready to kill himself because of his losses at the roulette wheel. She stops him from doing so, and lends him some money to win back what he's lost. He does, but they're only happy for a short while before Max is arrested for the murder of his ex-wife in the States.

Genres

Drama
Mystery
Romance

Production Companies

Goldwyn Pictures Corporation

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Cast

Geraldine Farrar

Rosalie Dean

Geraldine Farrar

Herbert Rawlinson

Maxfield Grey

Herbert Rawlinson

Percy Marmont

Frank Grey

Percy Marmont

Violet Heming

Bertha Grey

Violet Heming

Hassard Short

Wally Gage

Hassard Short

Maude Turner Gordon

Rosalie's Aunt

Maude Turner Gordon

Henry Carvill

Attorney Stanfield

Henry Carvill

Clarence Handyside

American Consul

Clarence Handyside

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