The Convict's Threat (1915): cast, story & where to watch
1915 · Film

Released in 1915, The Convict's Threat is a notable film directed by Gilbert M. Anderson.
What it’s about. The convict's cellmate, his time up, calls on the former's wife with a letter of introduction from the convict, and threatens to tell who her husband is unless she gives him money which she has earned by hard work as a stenographer and seamstress. The convict saves the warden's little daughter from drowning and is pardoned for his brave deed. Meanwhile his released cellmate forces the convict's wife again and again to give him money, and calling at her home one night, attempts to kiss her, but she repels him with a revolver. The pardoned convict arrives just in time to hear what passes and almost chokes his former cellmate to death.
Who’s in it. The Convict's Threat stars Gilbert M. Anderson as The Convict, Marguerite Clayton as The Convict's Wife, Harry Todd as The Warden and Eva McKenzie as The Warden's Wife.
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- Where can I watch The Convict's Threat (1915)?
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- Who stars in The Convict's Threat?
- The Convict's Threat stars Gilbert M. Anderson, Marguerite Clayton, Harry Todd and Eva McKenzie.