The Profiteer (1919)

Director: John K. Holbrook

Richard Randall, a patriotic young lawyer speaks out against food profiteers. When ruthless food combine head, Everett Dearing, blackmails society idler Tony Terle into compromising Randall's wife, Beverly in an attempt to stop Randall's anti-war crusades. Ultimately, Terle is caught and confesses to killing Dearing, leading to Randall and Beverly's reunion.

Cast

Jack Sherrill

Rick Randall

Alma Hanlon

Beverly

Robin H. Townley

Charles Bowell

F.W. Stewart

Dorothy Kingdon

E.L. Howard

Louise Hotaling