Jack Gordon, a private detective, becomes interested in a mysterious murder, which has baffled the police. Warren, a wealthy widower, whose hobby is music, has been shot to death in his ... See full summary
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Jack Gordon, a private detective, becomes interested in a mysterious murder, which has baffled the police. Warren, a wealthy widower, whose hobby is music, has been shot to death in his home one night while playing Chopin's "Seventh Prelude." Only two people are in the house at the time, Alice Warren, his pretty daughter, and James Cummings, her uncle. Warren's will contains a provision appointing Cummings executor of the Warren fortune and guardian of Alice, she being under age. To this Alice objects absolutely, and Cummings can do nothing. The girl now develops a strange mental hallucination, apparently. Each night, at the very hour of her father's death, she hears the "Seventh Prelude" being played in the great mansion, and declares it to be her father calling to her. Cummings consults a psychologist, who begins to treat the girl for an apparent form of insanity. It is at this time that Gordon becomes interested in the case, secures all the facts of the murder from Alice, and ...
| Credited cast: | |||
 | Richard Travers | - | Jack Gordon (as Richard C. Travers) |
 | Bryant Washburn | - | Carr Hall |
 | Gerda Holmes | - | Alice Warren |
 | Thomas Commerford | - | Mr. Warren - Alice's Father |
 | Rapley Holmes | - | James Cummings - Alice's Uncle |
| Billy Robinson | - | Dr. Hamilton Hale (as William Robinson) |
| Charles Hitchcock | - | Lawyer Martin |
| Rest of cast listed alphabetically: | |||
 | Ruth Hennessy | - | Undetermined Secondary Role (as Ruth Hennessey) (unconfirmed) |
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