The Ordeal

Name: The Ordeal
Cast: Agnes Ayres, Conrad Nagel, Clarence Burton, Edna Murphy, Anne Schaefer

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Sybil marries George Bruce, an alcoholic 20 years her senior, In order to provide for her crippled sister, Helen, and her brother, Geoffrey. Bruce becomes jealous of Sybil's attentions to young physician Robert Acton, and when Bruce suffers a heart attack and calls for digitalis, Sybil allows the vial to break and he dies.

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Cast & Crew

Director: Paul PowellWriters: Beulah Marie Dix, W. Somerset Maugham

Agnes Ayres

as Sybil Bruce

Conrad Nagel

as Dr. Robert Acton

Clarence Burton

as George Bruce

Edna Murphy

as Helen Brayshaw

Anne Schaefer

as Minnie

Gino Corrado

as Gene

Adele Farrington

as Madame St. Levis

Edward Martindel

as Sir Francis Maynard

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