Draft 258

Nov 15, 1917

0h 40m

★ 0.0

The Picture of the Hour for All Americans

Overview

Mary Alden and her brothers Matthew and George have extremely different political views. Matthew is a committed pacifist, and is constantly giving speeches against war. George is notified that his draft number, 258, has been called and to report for induction, but he refuses. Mary, on the other hand, is intensely patriotic and comes up with a plan to shame him into reporting for induction. Meanwhile, Matthew is being set up for a patsy by a gang of German secret agents, led by Van Bierman, who are planning to blow up an airplane factory.

Genres

Drama

Production Companies

Metro Pictures Corporation

Draft 258 Trailers

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Cast

Mary Alden

Mabel Taliaferro

John Graham

Walter Miller

George Alden

Eugene Borden

Amiel Van Bierman

William H. Tooker

Italian

Sidney D'Albrook

Nicolo Reisso

Robert Anderson

Matthew Alden

Earl Brunswick

Mrs. Alden

Sue Balfour

Marcita Blein

Camille Dalberg

Belgian child

Baby Ivy Ward

Kaiser

Edwin Boring

James Cogan

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