25 Mar 2009
Acolytes
Three teens blackmail a serial killer into helping them get rid of a violent bully.
Before Morning
A thrilling picturization of last season's outstanding mystery melodrama.
A night of love, intrigue, death and blackmail leaves stage-star Elise Manning's fate at stake in a conflict with the unscrupulous Doctor Gruell. A rejected lover dies in Miss Manning's apartment, and Gurell implies that the death was murder and attempts to blackmail the actress. The climax brings the actress, her fiancé and the dead-man's wife face-to-face in an emotional denouement.
Top Billed Cast
Leo Carrillo Dr. Gruelle
Lora Baxter Elsie Manning
Taylor Holmes Leo Bergman
Blaine Cordner Horace Barker
Louise Prussing Mrs. Nichols
Russell Hicks Jim Nichols
Louis Jean Heydt Neil Kennedy
Victor Kilian Eddie
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