The Commanding Officer

Name: The Commanding Officer
Director: Allan Dwan
Genre: Drama
Released: 1915-03-25
Duration: 40 min
Cast: Alice Dovey, Donald Crisp, Marshall Neilan, Douglas Gerrard, Ethel Phillips

“A Thrilling Film Version of the Play that Stirred Two Continents.”

1915

40m

Drama

Director: Allan Dwan

Writer: Theodore Burt

Overview

When Colonel Archer, the commanding officer of the military post, refuses to lend money to his second-in-command, Captain Waring, Waring obtains the money from Brent Lindsay, from the nearby mining town, in exchange for his promissory note. Both Waring and Lindsay court Floyd Bingham, the daughter of a retired colonel, but Floyd learns that Lindsay is involved with Queen, a dancing girl.