The Brute (1920)

Directors

Oscar Micheaux

Cast

A. B. Comathiere, Evelyn Preer, Floy Clements, Laura Bowman, Lawrence Chenault, Mattie Edwards, Sam Langford, Susie Sutton

The story

Herbert Lanyon is thought to be dead after a shipwreck, and his fiancée Mildred Carrison is forced by her money-minded Aunt Clara into marriage with "Bull" Magee, a gambler and underworld boss who mistreats Mildred. After Herbert returns, Magee undergoes financial difficulties that he blames on Mildred and Herbert, and seeks revenge. Herbert and a repentant Aunt Clara, however, free Mildred from Magee, and the lovers are able to marry.

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