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The Turn of the Wheel
1.0 / 10• 1918• 50m•NR• English
DramaMysteryRomance
Storyline
While visiting Monte Carlo with her aunt, Rosalie Dean meets a young man, Maxfield Gray who is ready to kill himself because of his losses at the roulette wheel. She stops him from doing so, and lends him some money to win back what he's lost. He does, but they're only happy for a short while before Max is arrested for the murder of his ex-wife in the States.
Cast & Crew
Geraldine Farrar
Rosalie Dean
Lead
Herbert Rawlinson
Maxfield Grey
Percy Marmont
Frank Grey
Violet Heming
Bertha Grey
Hassard Short
Wally Gage
Maude Turner Gordon
Rosalie's Aunt
HC
Henry Carvill
Attorney Stanfield
Clarence Handyside
American Consul
What People Are Saying
1.0
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Reginald Barker's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
3.0
“Every frame feels alive. The Turn of the Wheel is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
