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based on a story by Andrew Soutar,The Film Daily (Jul-Dec 1930)
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and Merna Kennedy. Distributed by Continental Talking Pictures, the film was released on August 1, 1930.

Premise

Blinded by an airplane crash in France, Jeff swears vengeance on John C. Tullock, a profiteering manufacturer, who produces faulty planes for government contracts.

Cast

as John C. Tullock * Merna Kennedy as Mary Thurston * Shannon Day as Cassie * Ferdinand Schumann-Heink as Jeff *

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as Jimmy (credited as "Eddie Featherstone") *

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References

External links

* * Melodrama films Films directed by Phil Rosen American drama films 1930 drama films 1930 films American black-and-white films 1930s American films {{1930s-drama-film-stub