Temptation and the Man (1916)

Jim Crosby, the product of a broken home, becomes a gangster and goes to prison. Meanwhile, Ann Payton, an heiress, converts a saloon into a mission. She is engaged to her father's secretary, Temple Vaughn, a gambler. Jim is released from prison and seeks shelter at the mission. Temple becomes indebted to gambler Phil Johnson and is forced to arrange a crooked poker game involving some of his wealthy friends. Jim overhears the plot and, realizing that Temple is Ann's fiancé, robs the poker game and puts a check Temple forged into Temple's own pocket.

Released July 24, 1916 90 min None+

Genres: Crime, Drama

Keywords: tmdb.lost-film, imdb.gambling, imdb.incarceration, imdb.forgery, imdb.murder, imdb.heiress, imdb.melodrama + 2 more, imdb.revenge, aspectratio.1-33-1

Production Companies: Universal Film Manufacturing Company, Red Feather Photoplays

Country: United States
Languages: English