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The Mainspring

The Mainspring

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Status

Released

Release Date

Nov 27, 1916

Runtime

0h 50m

Genres

Drama

Original Title

The Mainspring

Production Companies

Universal Film Manufacturing Company

Director

Jack Conway

Description

Finding himself penniless, Lawrence Ashmore, whose late father was ruined on the stock exchange, obtains a position as a reporter. Ashmore is assigned to investigate the reported fatal illness of Jesse Craven, one of Wall Street's financial monarchs.