The Great Gamble

The Great Gamble is a 1919 movie serial.

Cast

Charles Hutchison

as Ralph Darrell

Anna Luther

as Aline Morton / Eleanor 'Nell' Morton

Richard Neill

as Richard Blake

William F. Moran

as Shorty 'The Rat'

William Cavanaugh

as Cooley

Warren Cook

as Roger Morton

Karl Dane

as The sea captain

Edith Thornton

as Mrs. Catherine Morton

Laura La Plante

as (uncredited)

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