
Before Morning
Crime · Mystery · Romance
Overview
A night of love, intrigue, death and blackmail leaves stage-star Elise Manning's fate at stake in a conflict with the unscrupulous Doctor Gruell. A rejected lover dies in Miss Manning's apartment, and Gurell implies that the death was murder and attempts to blackmail the actress. The climax brings the actress, her fiancé and the dead-man's wife face-to-face in an emotional denouement.
Top Cast


Leo Carrillo
Leo Carrillo
Dr. Gruelle
Leo Carrillo
Dr. Gruelle
Lora Baxter
Lora Baxter
Elsie Manning
Lora Baxter
Elsie Manning


Taylor Holmes
Taylor Holmes
Leo Bergman
Taylor Holmes
Leo Bergman
Blaine Cordner
Blaine Cordner
Horace Barker
Blaine Cordner
Horace Barker


Louise Prussing
Louise Prussing
Mrs. Nichols
Louise Prussing
Mrs. Nichols


Russell Hicks
Russell Hicks
Jim Nichols
Russell Hicks
Jim Nichols


Louis Jean Heydt
Louis Jean Heydt
Neil Kennedy
Louis Jean Heydt
Neil Kennedy


Victor Kilian
Victor Kilian
Eddie
Victor Kilian
Eddie
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