The Man Who Stayed at Home
In a Virginia resort town in August 1918, Christopher Brent is viewed as a slacker because he refuses to enlist. Secretly, Christopher is observing German spies who are passing information about coastal fortifications for invasion preparations. Seeing Christopher consort with Mrs. Miriam Lee, also from the secret service, his fiancee Molly Preston, who had been bothered by the talk about him, becomes jealous. When Molly's brother Norman discovers a German code book in Mrs. Lee's possession, Christopher, who obtained the book when he destroyed the wireless of the chief spy, Carl Sanderson, who also loves Molly, is suspected of aiding the Germans.
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King Baggot
Christopher Brent
Claire Whitney
Molly Preston
Robert Whittier
Fritz
A.J. Herbert
Norman Preston
Lila Leslie
Miriam Lee
Frank Bennett
Carl Sanderson
Ricca Allen
Miss Myrtle
Robert Paton Gibbs
Judge Preston
Julia Calhoun
Fräulein Schroeder
Ida Darling
Mrs. Sanderson
A. Lloyd Lack
Gaston Letour
Betty Hutchinson
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