Under the Rouge (1925)
War buddies Whitey and Skeeter have become safecrackers. On a job, Skeeter is surprised by the police and killed. Later Whitey discovers that the lowlife Mal is the police informer responsible for Skeeter's death. Whitey sets out to find his moll Kitty, hearing she has gone to the country to find peace and quiet he finds her in a small town. She is involved with bank clerk Fred Morton, so Whitey pretends he has found someone else too. When Mal arrives in town as the advance man for a con and he pursues Skeeter’s sister Evelyn, Kitty tells the story of her own criminal past to save her. Fred drops her, and Kitty tries to drown herself in the river. Whitey saves her life and exposes Fred as an embezzler.
Director:
Lewis H. Moomaw
Writer:
A.P. Younger
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Eileen Percy as Kitty |
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Tom Moore as Whitey |
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Eddie Phillips as Skeeter |
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James Pier Mason as Mal |
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Claire de Lorez as Daisy |
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William V. Mong as Doc Haskell |
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Chester Conklin as Mr. Fleck |
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Aileen Manning as Mrs. Fleck |
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Stanley Blystone as Jim Condon |
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Mary Alden as Martha Maynard |
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Bruce Guerin as Little Tommy |
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Carmelita Geraghty as Evelyn |
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Tom Gallery as Fred Morton |
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William Dills as Constable |
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Peggy Prevost as Maybelle |
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Frank Clark as Simmons |
| Directing | Lewis H. Moomaw | Director |
| Writing | A.P. Younger | Screenplay |
| Writing | A.P. Younger | Story |
| Production | Lewis H. Moomaw | Producer |
| Camera | Hobart H. Brownell | Director of Photography |
| Camera | King D. Gray | Director of Photography |
| Camera | John M. La Mond | Director of Photography |
| Directing | Leigh Smith | Assistant Director |