

Drama
Overview
A venal, spoiled stockbroker's wife impulsively embezzles $10,000 from the charity she chairs and desperately turns to a Burmese ivory trader to replace the stolen money.
Top Cast


Fannie Ward
Fannie Ward
Edith Hardy
Fannie Ward
Edith Hardy


Sessue Hayakawa
Sessue Hayakawa
Hishuru Tori [Haka Arakau]
Sessue Hayakawa
Hishuru Tori [Haka Arakau]


Jack Dean
Jack Dean
Richard Hardy
Jack Dean
Richard Hardy


James Neill
James Neill
Jones
James Neill
Jones
Yutaka Abe
Yutaka Abe
Tori's valet
Yutaka Abe
Tori's valet
Dana Ong
Dana Ong
District attorney
Dana Ong
District attorney
Hazel Childers
Hazel Childers
Mrs. Reynolds
Hazel Childers
Mrs. Reynolds
Arthur H. Williams
Arthur H. Williams
Courtroom judge
Arthur H. Williams
Courtroom judge
Dick La Reno
Dick La Reno
Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)
Dick La Reno
Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)


Lucien Littlefield
Lucien Littlefield
Hardy's Secretary (uncredited)
Lucien Littlefield
Hardy's Secretary (uncredited)
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