Overview
A "scientific detective" story about the attempted murder of a wealthy New Yorker in his mountain lodge is framed with a satire of Hollywood as the writer of the story comically tries to get the script read and accepted by a studio.
Cast
- William Desmond as The Author / Horace Lee
- Robert McKim as Donald Greene
- J. Barney Sherry as Richard Deering
- Margaret Thompson as Evelyn Deering
- Joseph J. Dowling as The Butler
- Jerome Storm as Butler's Son
- Louis Durham as Joe
- J. Frank Burke as The Specialist
- Reginald Barker as Himself
- C. Gardner Sullivan as Himself