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Jim Broughton quarrels with Tom Collins and knocks Tom against the curb. Jim believes he has killed him, and robs a detective to get money to flee. The detective determines to "get" the man... See full summary
Jim Broughton quarrels with Tom Collins and knocks Tom against the curb. Jim believes he has killed him, and robs a detective to get money to flee. The detective determines to "get" the man who robbed his house, feeling sure he can identify him by a long scar and a twisted finger on his left hand. Years pass. Broughton has married and is happy when the detective, passing through the foundry in which he works, thinks he recognizes Broughton. Broughton, in desperation, plunges his hand into a mold of molten metal, and thus destroys the detective's only clue.

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    • Author: Kuve
    This clearly constructed picture of human fates develops to a new punch that is likely to stick in the memory for some time. It gives us a yarn without any particular moral, but it is clean. The "only clue" is a scar on the wrist of a young blacksmith who is innocent, but thought to be guilty of murder. He is "making good" in another city when some busybody writes to the police about him and a detective comes to investigate. The smith is at work at his forge, to which his wife, not knowingly, directs the detective. When the man learns what is wanted he burns off the scar in the forge fires and the "only clue" is destroyed. It is well put on and the acting is substantial, so that we can safely commend it as a good offering. - The Moving Picture World, July 18, 1914
  • Cast overview:
    Eugene Pallette Eugene Pallette - Jim Broughton
    Irene Hunt Irene Hunt - Jim's Wife
    Raoul Walsh Raoul Walsh - The Detective (as Raoul A. Walsh)
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