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The Broken Commandments (1919)
50 min | Drama

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The Broken Commandments (1919)

50 min | Drama

Young Nella Babard is alone in her cabin, left there temporarily by her parents who have gone to the city. A pair of escaped convicts, fleeing from the police, come upon the cabin and duck inside. One of the pair, "Sporting Chance" Johnson...See moreYoung Nella Babard is alone in her cabin, left there temporarily by her parents who have gone to the city. A pair of escaped convicts, fleeing from the police, come upon the cabin and duck inside. One of the pair, "Sporting Chance" Johnson, was imprisoned for a crime he didn't commit and he and Nella find themselves attracted to each other. They sleep together and in the morning Johnson goes out looking for a minister to marry them, but he is caught and sent back to prison. Nella later discovers she is pregnant and, realizing Johnson isn't coming back, agrees to marry a writer she is working for. Three years later the writer, looking for material for a story, travels to the prison and meets a prisoner who is about to get out, and when the writer hears his story, he asks the man to stay at his home until he gets back on his feet. The writer doesn't know that the prisoner is 'Sporting Chance Johnson", and Johnson doesn't know that the writer is now Nella's husband and they have a daughter--Johnson's child. Complications ensue. Written by [email protected] See less

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7 cast members

Name	Known for
Gladys Brockwell Nella Banard Nella Banard See fewer	Lights of New York (1928)
William Scott 'Sporting Chance' Austin 'Sporting Chance' Austin See fewer	The Earth Woman (1926)
Tom Santschi John Radd (as Thomas Santschi) John Radd (as Thomas Santschi) See fewer	King of the Wild (1931)
G. Raymond Nye Berger Berger See fewer	Nine and Three-Fifths Seconds (1925)
Spottiswoode Aitken Mr. Banard Mr. Banard See fewer	The Birth of a Nation (1915)
Margaret McWade Mrs. Banard Mrs. Banard See fewer	The Lost World (1925)
Lule Warrenton Hannah - the Maid Hannah - the Maid See fewer	The College Orphan (1915)