The Outer Edge 1915 Directed by E.H. Calvert
A physician is dragged down to the depths by the drug habit, losing position and wealth. After pawning every available possession except a revolver to satisfy his craving for the drug, he returns to his cheap lodging house to end his life. Half stupefied, he gets into the wrong room, where he finds a woman and daughter almost starved. He takes his revolver and pawns it to buy food for them. His own act of kindness gives him a new view of life and he struggles to break his habit. Many times he almost falls again, but is aided by a nurse whom he had known years before. Finally he throws off the yoke altogether and wins back to manhood and the love of a woman.
Language
English
Spoken Language
No Language
Gnere
Drama
Production Company
The Essanay Film Manufacturing Company
Release Date 19 October 1915
20 mins
Cast
Henry B. Walthall
Dr. Rownlee
Warda Howard
Grace Elbert
Sidney Ainsworth
Cameron
Charles J. Stine
Bartender
Thomas Commerford
Chief Physician
Jack Meredith
Ambulance Surgeon
