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Cocaine Traffic; Or, The Drug Terror
0.0 / 10• 1914• 50m•NR• English
Drama
Storyline
Andrews, a former shipping clerk, has amassed a fortune in cocaine and therefore discourages his daughter May's romance with Joe, a policeman. Andrews prefers socialite Roger Hastings, whom May marries but soon discovers is a drug addict. While May is recovering from a nervous breakdown precipitated by the knowledge of Roger's addiction, he slips cocaine into her medication. Soon she also is addicted, a fact which Roger delightedly reports to Andrews. Andrews then commits May to a sanitarium and Roger becomes a procurer for a gang of white slavers. When the gang abducts his sister Julia and takes her to Roger's brothel, he turns against them. Julia is released, and after many complications, Roger returns to Andrews' house and, during a struggle, sets the house on fire, killing them both.
Cast & Crew
Joseph Kaufman
Roger Hastings
Lead
Rosemary Theby
May
Harry Myers
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ED
Edwin DeWolf
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What People Are Saying
0.0
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Harry Myers's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
3.0
“Every frame feels alive. Cocaine Traffic; Or, The Drug Terror is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
