Drama · United States of America · 1920 · 1h 0m

A Splendid Hazard

Director

Cast

Henry B. Walthall as Karl Breitman Rosemary Theby as Hedda Gobert Norman Kerry as John Fitzgerald Ann Forrest as Laura Killigrew Hardee Kirkland as Adm. Killegrew Thomas Jefferson as Dr. Ferraud

Crew

Harold McGrath — Novel

Tagline

The Story starts thus: "And as the stars fall-out of nothing into nothing.......We are born-we live- and we die in the midst of the marvelous."

Synopsis

Karl Breitman, obsessed with the notion that he is a descendant of Napoleon, is driven to restore the monarchy in France. To accomplish this, he courts Hedda Gobert, who, he has learned, possesses Napoleon's papers. Upon winning Hedda, Breitman steals the documents, which lead him to America and the home of Admiral Killigrew where, the papers allege, the emperor's hidden wealth resides.

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Allan Dwan Director Harold McGrath Novel

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