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The Master Hand
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James Rallston, facing financial hardship, marries a wealthy invalid widow with a daughter, Jean, and plots to control her fortune. He orchestrates her confinement in a sanitarium by drugging her and falsely claiming she is insane, with the help of a conniving doctor and sanitarium keeper. Fifteen years later, Rallston has lost Jean's fortune through speculation and seeks help from John Bigelow to recover it, offering Jean as a reward. Bigelow, suspicious of Rallston, discovers the truth about the widow and Jean's father, and rescues the widow from the sanitarium.
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Cast
Nat C. Goodwin
John Bigelow
Theodore Babcock
James Rallston
Julia Stuart
Mrs. Rallston
Florence Malone
Jean Rallston
Clarissa Selwynne
Dr. Lane
Katherine Lee
Dot
Madge Evans
Jean as a Child
Kittens Reichert
Child
Carroll Fleming
Ed Pembroke
Alex Calvert
Dr. Garside
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