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My Country First

My Country First

19160m
Drama

Status

Released

Release

1916

Runtime

0m

Storyline

Frank Draper, a patriotic young American, has invented the most wonderful explosive in the world which he intends giving to the United States. In defending a pure girl from the machinations of an enemy, he is involved in a serious crime which sends him, an innocent man, to prison. Angered at this interruption to their plans and desirous of obtaining the explosive for a foreign government, international spies connive successfully at Draper's escape. They then hold him a prisoner and the young patriot is given the choice of sacrificing his own life or that of his country. He chooses the preservation of the latter, and his sands of life have almost run out, when trapped and bound, he is rescued at the eleventh hour.

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Details

Status
Released
Runtime
Not available
Jun 5, 1916
Languages
No Language
Director
Tom Terriss
Tom Terriss
Production
Terriss Feature Film Company
Terriss Feature Film Company
Production Countries
United States of America

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