The Availing Prayer

The Availing Prayer (1914)

30 Oct 1914 • Drama, Short • 0h 10m
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William Rock, assistant cashier in a business concern, has a sick daughter. The doctor urges that she be taken immediately to another climate, and Rock, unable to get an advance on his pay, is desperate. He has been in the habit of taking the deposits to the bank every Saturday, and then going direct from the bank home. He determines that week to steal the money. On Saturday Rock is followed on the street by a couple of crooks. He goes into a telephone booth to phone his daughter May and her fiancé, a young physician, that they can start south with the younger sister at once. Taking the money out of the bank satchel, he stuffs it in his inside vest pocket and leaves with the empty bag in his hand. He goes down an alleyway to get rid of the satchel, but is assaulted by the gunmen and the bag taken from him. A salesman from Rock's firm sees the attack. He takes the half unconscious cashier back to the office. When the money is found upon his person, the company believes that Rock, knowing that he was shadowed, put it there for safety. In gratitude they loan him the amount for his daughter's use.

Donald Crisp
Director
Richard Barker Shelton
Writer
Dorothy Gish, Raoul Walsh, Spottiswoode Aitken
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Language: None, English
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Country: United States
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