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Half a Chance (1913)
Short | Short, Drama

Half a Chance (1913)

Short | Short, Drama

Ex-prizefighter "Frisco Pete" is accused of the murder of a woman of the underworld because he is found alone drunk in a room with her body. In reality Lord Ronsdale, a degenerate nobleman, had come to break with this woman who, attempting...See moreEx-prizefighter "Frisco Pete" is accused of the murder of a woman of the underworld because he is found alone drunk in a room with her body. In reality Lord Ronsdale, a degenerate nobleman, had come to break with this woman who, attempting to blackmail him, took out a revolver that accidentally went off. in an attempt to blackmail him, took out a revolver which accidentally went off. Frisco Pete is sent to the colonies in a convict ship on which Lord Ronsdale also embarks with Lord and Lady Wray and their 6-year-old niece Jocelyn. This child becomes interested in the convict; sorry for his plight she gives him a gold locket. A storm comes up and in they hurry to the life boats, Frisco Pete and the child are forgotten. He jumps overboard with her and swims to one of the boats. As he is about to grab it himself, Ronsdale recognizes him and pushes him back into the water. Frisco gets ashore and on a desert island builds a hut for shelter. He later finds a box of law books washed ashore from the wreck, and with these as his only companion, the man alone in the wilderness regenerates. Years later he returns to London and becomes famous as a criminal lawyer. He again meets Jocelyn Wray and falls in love with her. Lord Ronsdale, who is also courting the young heiress, recognizes in the man known as John Steele, escaped convince "Frisco Pete." He arranges for his capture, and at a party at the Wrays' points him out. But Steele escapes with the girl's help. As he leaves he drops the little gold locket on the table and Jocelyn remembers. In the slums of London, John Steele searches for two men who were in the inn on the night of Amy Gerard's murder. They alone can vindicate him. In the East End he finds them. He asks one of them for a written vindication and is refused. Then he fights a terrific battle with his old enemy, and coming out victor, compels the man to write at his dictation. In Ronsdale's room he meets the police, produces the paper which Ronsdale tries to destroy and clears his own name of all suspicion. Ronsdale, the coward, who sent a man to prison for life rather than have his name mixed in scandal, is cast off by the Wrays who give their consent to Jocelyn's engagement to John Steele. Written by Moving Picture World synopsis See less

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8 cast members

Name	Known for
George Siegmann Frisco Pete Frisco Pete See fewer	The Birth of a Nation (1915)
Stanley Walpole Lord Ronsdale Lord Ronsdale See fewer	The Price of Innocence (1919)
Irene Howley Jocelyn Wray Jocelyn Wray See fewer	Her Father's Keeper (1917)
Edgena De Lespine Amy Gerard Amy Gerard See fewer	London Assurance (1913)
Sue Balfour Lady Wray Lady Wray See fewer	The Great Secret (1917)
George De Carlton The Detective The Detective See fewer	Life Without Soul (1915)
Ralph Lewis Lord Wray Lord Wray See fewer	The Birth of a Nation (1915)
Rosanna Logan Jocelyn Wray as a Child Jocelyn Wray as a Child See fewer	Under the Gaslight (1914)