The Terror

The Terror

50 mins | Drama, Crime | Feb. 12, 1917

Gunman Chuck Connelly is hired to silence the new district attorney who has been pounding the graft organizations. Chuck goes to the D. A.'s home to threaten him, but is taken off guard when his victim's little daughter leans trustfully on his knee and looks up at him with a smile. The D. A. ignores Chuck's warning, and the gang orders the gunman to execute him. Chuck breaks into the house, but sees the little girl again and is unable to complete his task. Instead, he seeks out his girl friend, Annie Mangan, a Salvation Army reformer, and swears to end his life of crime.

The Terror

50 mins | Drama, Crime | Feb. 12, 1917

The Terror
Gunman Chuck Connelly is hired to silence the new district attorney who has been pounding the graft organizations. Chuck goes to the D. A.'s home to threaten him, but is taken off guard when his victim's little daughter leans trustfully on his knee and looks up at him with a smile. The D. A. ignores Chuck's warning, and the gang orders the gunman to execute him. Chuck breaks into the house, but sees the little girl again and is unable to complete his task. Instead, he seeks out his girl friend, Annie Mangan, a Salvation Army reformer, and swears to end his life of crime.
Producers Universal Film Manufacturing Company
Original title The Terror
Directors Raymond Wells
Writers Raymond Wells, Fred Myton

Cast

Jack Mulhall

as Chuck Connelly

Grace MacLaren

as Maggie Connelly

Virginia Lee

as Annie Mangan

Malcolm Blevins

as Jim Canford

Hugh Hoffman

as Jerome Travers

Noble Johnson

as Mike Tregurtha

Jean Hersholt

as Jimm, the Dope

Evelyn Selbie

as Mrs. Connelly