The Boomerang

The Boomerang

The Boomerang

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The Boomerang

1919

1h 10m

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Drama

Overview

Millionaire meat packer Peter Cameron, greedy for more money and power, maneuvers an alliance between his daughter Rose and George Gray, the son of Cameron's business rival Max Gray, in order to increase his control of the food industry. George, a lawyer, opposes the trust, and as a result is professionally ruined by Cameron, disinherited by his father, and jilted by his fiancée. Out on his own, George gets a job at a mill and starts at the bottom. When an epidemic breaks out among his fellow laborers due to their eating spoiled meat from the trust, George secures evidence of criminal practices which ultimately brings about the conviction of Cameron and the trust. In championing the rights of the downtrodden, George wins back Rose and reforms Cameron.

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14 members

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Henry B. Walthall

George Gray

Henry B. Walthall

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Melbourne MacDowell

Peter Cameron

Melbourne MacDowell

Acting

Nina Byron

Rose Cameron

Nina Byron

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Helen Jerome Eddy

Nora Yorke

Helen Jerome Eddy

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Jack McDonald

Napoleon Snape

Jack McDonald

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Nigel De Brulier

Antonio Giannone

Nigel De Brulier

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Beulah Booker

Marie Giannone

Beulah Booker

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Gordon Sackville

Governor Montgomery

Gordon Sackville

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Lloyd Whitlock

Walter Ames

Lloyd Whitlock

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Bert Appling

Jim Hardy

Bert Appling

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Richard Johnson

Lonnie Cameron

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Richard Norris

Maximillian Gray

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Maryland Morne

Ann Montgomery

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William Ryno

Daniel Nathaniel

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