The Torrent

The Torrent

50 mins | Adventure | Jan. 22, 1921

Velma is unhappily married to Sam Patton, a millionaire roué. Aboard his yacht bound for the South Seas, Sam pays more attention to his guests than to his wife, and she flees when he attempts to force liquor on her. A sudden paralytic stroke renders him helpless, and she believes him dead. A storm comes up, and Velma is washed ashore on a desert isle. She is later joined by Lieut. Paul Mack, whose hydroplane has run out of fuel. They fall in love, but their idyll is broken when they are captured by a band of moonshiners.

The Torrent

50 mins | Adventure | Jan. 22, 1921

The Torrent
Velma is unhappily married to Sam Patton, a millionaire roué. Aboard his yacht bound for the South Seas, Sam pays more attention to his guests than to his wife, and she flees when he attempts to force liquor on her. A sudden paralytic stroke renders him helpless, and she believes him dead. A storm comes up, and Velma is washed ashore on a desert isle. She is later joined by Lieut. Paul Mack, whose hydroplane has run out of fuel. They fall in love, but their idyll is broken when they are captured by a band of moonshiners.
Producers Universal Film Manufacturing Company
Original title The Torrent
Directors Stuart Paton
Writers George Rix, Philip D. Hurn, Wallace Clifton

Cast

Eva Novak

as Velma Patton

Elita Proctor Otis

as Anne Mayhew (as Oleta Ottis)

Jack Perrin

as Lt. Paul Mack

Lee Shumway

as Sam Patton (as L.C. Shumway)

Jack Curtis

as Red Galvin

Harry Carter

as Jud Rossen

Bert Alpino

as First Mate