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The Second Shot (1915)
Short | Short, Drama

The Second Shot (1915)

Short | Short, Drama

At a week-end party Alice Jason, daughter of the host, is insulted by John Anthony, a guest, who is knocked down by Phil Dunbar, a neighboring suitor. Alice writes a note to Phil asking him to meet her at their usual trysting place late ...See moreAt a week-end party Alice Jason, daughter of the host, is insulted by John Anthony, a guest, who is knocked down by Phil Dunbar, a neighboring suitor. Alice writes a note to Phil asking him to meet her at their usual trysting place late that evening, and at the time appointed goes there to meet him. When he fails to put in an appearance, she leaves, deeply hurt. On the way through the gardens she finds the body of John Anthony, a revolver and her note to Phil beside him. Fearing Phil to be the murderer, she drags the body to her room with the intention of explaining that she shot him in defense of her honor. After changing the room and her personal appearance to carry out more thoroughly the idea of a struggle, she fires the revolver, not realizing that the bullet strikes the clock, stopping it at the hour of twelve. Guests and her father rush in and arc compelled to accept her explanation, hut a detective who arrives shortly afterward finds the bullet that entered Anthony's heart first passed through his watch at the eleventh hour. Upon further investigation he finds the marks on the man's shoes, and across the lawn other marks showing from where the body had been dragged. After a mild third degree, Alice gives in, practically admitting that she is trying to shield her sweetheart. The detective goes to Phil's home and accuses him of the crime. Phil at first refuses, then agrees to go. Alice, left alone at home, becomes frantic for Phil's safety and follows to his house. In Phil's bedroom she finds a young girl apparently dying, tended by a doctor and the butler. The girl compels Alice to listen and then tells her that she is Phil's wayward sister, who, having had her life ruined by Anthony, confronted him that night with a demand of marriage, and upon his refusal shot him. Alice rushes to the police station and her sweetheart is soon cleared. Written by Moving Picture World synopsis See less

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Name	Known for
Ormi Hawley Alice Jason Alice Jason See fewer	Michael Strogoff (1914)
Kempton Greene John Anthony John Anthony See fewer	A Question of Right (1914)
Earl Metcalfe Phil Dunbar Phil Dunbar See fewer	Ignorance (1916)
Herbert Fortier Alice's Father Alice's Father See fewer	A Woman Went Forth (1915)
Arthur Matthews The Detective The Detective See fewer	Ignorance (1916)