The Master Mind
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The Master Mind is a 1914 American black & white silent movie directed by Oscar Apfel & Cecil B. DeMille. It is a Crime/Drama.
The plot revolves around a defense attorney who, unable to obtain the acquittal of an innocent young man, concocts a complicated and diabolical scheme to revenge himself upon the prosecutor.
[edit] Cast
Credited cast:
- Edmund Breese as Richard Allen
- Fred Montague as Henry Allen
- Jane Darwell as Milwaukee Sadie
- Dick La Reno as Blount
- Harry Fisher as Diamond Willie
- Mabel Van Buren as Lucine, Three-Arm Fanny
- Richard L'Estrange as Safe Blower (credited as Richard La Strang)
- Monroe Salisbury as District attorney
- William Elmer as Creegan (credited as Billy Elmer)
[edit] Trivia
The 33 year old Cecil B. DeMille, uncredited as director, was being mentored by the director, Oscar Apfel in this film.