The Whip (1917)

Stars: Alma Hanlon, June Elvidge, Irving Cummings
Director: Maurice Tourneur
Runtime: 59 Minutes
Language: English subtitles - music score
Color:  Black and White
Format:  DVD-R
Rating: NR
Price: $14.95

The Whip
(1917)

Director: Maurice Tourneur

Cast:
Alma Hanlon  ... Diana Beverley
June Elvidge  ... Mrs. D'Aquilia
Irving Cummings  ... Herbert Brancaster
Warren Cook  ... Judge Beverley
Paul McAllister  ... Baron Sartoris
Alfred Hemming  ... Joe Kelly
Dion Titheradge  ... Harry Anson
Jean Dumas  ... Myrtle Anson

Billed as The World's Biggest Motion Picture! This Maurice Tourneur drama includes big race scenes, wonderful hunting scenes, a thrilling automobile accident and a train wreck that cost $25,000 to film!

The Whip is a spirited racehorse with the devil's own temper and only his Jockey and his owner Diana Beverley can even lay a hand on him. As the important race at Saratoga approached the villains are scheming to keep Whip, the odds favorite, out of the race even if they have to kill or ruin lives to do so!

59 minutes - with a music score by David Knudtson