Release Date
Original Release
February 24, 1914
0h 50m
Cocaine Traffic; Or, The Drug Terror (1914)
Overview
Andrews, a former shipping clerk, has amassed a fortune in cocaine and therefore discourages his daughter May's romance with Joe, a policeman. Andrews prefers socialite Roger Hastings, whom May marries but soon discovers is a drug addict. While May is recovering from a nervous breakdown precipitated by the knowledge of Roger's addiction, he slips cocaine into her medication. Soon she also is addicted, a fact which Roger delightedly reports to Andrews. Andrews then commits May to a sanitarium and Roger becomes a procurer for a gang of white slavers. When the gang abducts his sister Julia and takes her to Roger's brothel, he turns against them. Julia is released, and after many complications, Roger returns to Andrews' house and, during a struggle, sets the house on fire, killing them both.
Director
Harry Myers
Department: Acting
Cast
Joseph Kaufman
Roger Hastings
Rosemary Theby
May
Harry Myers
Unknown
Edwin DeWolf
Unknown
