The Power of the Press

Overview

An innocent man, serving a sentence of five years in prison through the perjured testimony of the real criminal, Steve Carson, foreman of a shipyard, strikes up a warm friendship with his cellmate, Harold Norwood, a defaulting paying teller. No less strange than their friendship is the befriending of Steve's wife, Annie, by Julia Seymour, prima donna, who is Norwood's wife. As a reward of good behavior, the men are released on Christmas morning. Annie is bewildered by the receipt of a bank book which shows that large deposits of gold have been made in her name and that of her sister, Mary, by their uncle, George Hosford, who, dying in Alaska, has entrusted the book to Joe Hawes, a fellow prospector.

Top Cast

Lionel Barrymore

Steve Carson

William Russell

Turner Morgan

Vivian Prescott

Annie Hosford Carson

Betty Gray

Mary Hosford

Mrs. A.C. Marston

Mrs. Harold Norwood aka Julia Seymour

Charles E. Graham

Joe Hawes

Hector V. Sarno

Harold Norwood

Alan Hale

Sam Freeborn