The Undercurrent

The Undercurrent (1919)

Drama

Jack Duncan returns from the war in France to his wife and baby and learns that his job as a draftsman at the Loring Steel Mills has been taken. Given work in the machine shop, Jack becomes the prey of Red agitators who want him because of his popularity with soldiers. The Reds cause Jack's discharge just when his house payments come due, and when they convince him of the injustice of his situation, he joins their ranks. After learning of plans to burn the factory and Loring's home, and start a riot in the town, Jack is won over by a socialist's arguments advocating mild reforms. At a meeting of workingmen, Jack praises Americanism. He warns Loring and, with soldiers at a nearby camp, quells the riot. After a woman agitator kills her comrades and then shoots herself, Jack arrives home to save his wife from an attack by a Red ringleader. Jack is then made a foreman at the mill.

Director: Wilfrid North

Casts

	Arthur Guy Empey as Jack Duncan
	Florence Martin as Lucy Duncan
	Marguerite Courtot as Fanny Brett
	Betty Blythe as Mariska
	William R. Dunn as Ivan
	Sally Crute as Sylvia Loring
	Arthur Donaldson as Malin
	Charles A. Stevenson as John Loring
	Eugene Strong as Edward Taylor
	Vera Boehm as Jack Duncan, Jr.
	F.R. Buckley as Padris Thann
	Betty Hutchinson as Mrs. Loring
	Harry Lee as Smith
	Frank Norcross as Marinoff

Crew