
The Crucial Test
Overview
Wicked Russian Grand Duke Bagroff becomes infatuated with Thanya, but she loves American artist Vance Holden. When Thanya's revolutionary brother Boris tells her that he plans to kill Bagroff, she agrees to help. The plan fails and Boris and Thanya are captured, but they soon escape to Paris where Thanya rejoins the struggling Vance. Bagroff finds Thanya and tells her that he will make Vance famous if she consents to be his mistress. Thanya agrees and Vance becomes an overnight success. Then, as Bagroff and Thanya prepare to spend their first night together, Boris appears and kills the duke, thereby allowing Thanya and Vance to spend a peaceful, successful life together.
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Crew
- Directors
- John Ince, Robert Thornby
- Writer
- Frances Marion
- Production
- Paragon Films
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Who directed The Crucial Test?
The Crucial Test was directed by John Ince, Robert Thornby.
When was The Crucial Test released?
The Crucial Test was released in 1916.
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