The Master Hand

Plot Summary

James Rallston, facing financial hardship, marries a wealthy invalid widow with a daughter, Jean, and plots to control her fortune. He orchestrates her confinement in a sanitarium by drugging her and falsely claiming she is insane, with the help of a conniving doctor and sanitarium keeper. Fifteen years later, Rallston has lost Jean's fortune through speculation and seeks help from John Bigelow to recover it, offering Jean as a reward. Bigelow, suspicious of Rallston, discovers the truth about the widow and Jean's father, and rescues the widow from the sanitarium.

Top Cast

Nat C. Goodwin John Bigelow

Theodore Babcock James Rallston

Julia Stuart Mrs. Rallston

Florence Malone Jean Rallston

Clarissa Selwynne Dr. Lane