The Spider and the Rose

In Southern California during the Mexican regime, Don Marcello, son of the territorial governor, returns home to find that his father's secretary, Mendozza, has seized power. The coup arouses the anger of the revolutionary faction, which forms an alliance with Don Marcello.

Cast

Alice Lake

as Paula

Richard Headrick

as Don Marcello as a child

Gaston Glass

as Don Marcello

Joseph J. Dowling

as The governor

Robert McKim

as Mendozza

Noah Beery

as Maître Renaud

Otis Harlan

as The secretary

Frank Campeau

as Don Fernando

Andrew Arbuckle

as The priest

Alec B. Francis

as Good Padre

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