
A Sporting Chance
Mystery · Drama · Comedy
Overview
John Stonehouse (William Russell) checks into a hotel, intending to commit suicide. But instead he winds up helping a girl, Gilberte Bonheur (Fritzi Brunette), out of a jam. He finds her bending over a man who she has apparently killed, and since he's about to kill himself anyway, he offers to assume the blame. Throw a valuable emerald into the works, and the fact that the dead man suddenly comes back to life, and Stonehouse -- not to mention the audience -- becomes thoroughly befuddled by it all. Everything clears up, however, when Gilberte gives him a theater ticket -- it turns out that everything he went through was the plot to a stage play, enacted in real life by the actors. The critics roasted the play, saying it wasn't true to life, and this was their proof that the situations really could happen. Gilberte retires from acting when Stonehouse proposes.
Top Cast


William Russell
William Russell
John Stonehouse
William Russell
John Stonehouse


Fritzi Brunette
Fritzi Brunette
Gilberte Bonheur
Fritzi Brunette
Gilberte Bonheur


George Periolat
George Periolat
Edward Craig
George Periolat
Edward Craig


J. Farrell MacDonald
J. Farrell MacDonald
Luther Ripley aka Kennedy
J. Farrell MacDonald
Luther Ripley aka Kennedy
Lee Hill
Lee Hill
George Cornhill
Lee Hill
George Cornhill


Harvey Clark
Harvey Clark
Aaron Witt
Harvey Clark
Aaron Witt
Perry Banks
Perry Banks
Anthony James
Perry Banks
Anthony James
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