A Sporting Chance

A Sporting Chance

1919 en 60 minutes

Rating: 4.7

Plot

John Stonehouse (William Russell) checks into a hotel, intending to commit suicide. But instead he winds up helping a girl, Gilberte Bonheur (Fritzi Brunette), out of a jam. He finds her bending over a man who she has apparently killed, and since he's about to kill himself anyway, he offers to assume the blame. Throw a valuable emerald into the works, and the fact that the dead man suddenly comes back to life, and Stonehouse -- not to mention the audience -- becomes thoroughly befuddled by it all. Everything clears up, however, when Gilberte gives him a theater ticket -- it turns out that everything he went through was the plot to a stage play, enacted in real life by the actors. The critics roasted the play, saying it wasn't true to life, and this was their proof that the situations really could happen. Gilberte retires from acting when Stonehouse proposes.

Trailer

Trailer's not available.

Cast

William Russell

William Russell

John Stonehouse

Fritzi Brunette

Fritzi Brunette

Gilberte Bonheur

George Periolat

George Periolat

Edward Craig

J. Farrell MacDonald

J. Farrell MacDonald

Luther Ripley aka Kennedy

Lee Hill

Lee Hill

George Cornhill

Harvey Clark

Harvey Clark

Aaron Witt

Perry Banks

Perry Banks

Anthony James

Similar Movies

Psycho

Psycho

en

June 22, 1960

Blackmail

Blackmail

en

July 28, 1929

Transamerica

Transamerica

en

February 14, 2005

The Horse Whisperer

The Horse Whisperer

en

February 1, 1998

Basquiat

Basquiat

en

August 9, 1996

Dogville

Dogville

en

May 21, 2003

Secret Beyond the Door...

Secret Beyond the Door...

en

December 24, 1947

The Lives of Others

The Lives of Others

de

March 23, 2006

Silent Hill

Silent Hill

en

April 21, 2006

The Terminal

The Terminal

en

June 17, 2004

Men in Black

Men in Black

en

July 2, 1997

Men in Black II

Men in Black II

en

July 3, 2002

Wild Things

Wild Things

en

March 20, 1998

The Birth of a Nation

The Birth of a Nation

en

February 8, 1915

Ghostbusters

Ghostbusters

en

June 8, 1984

The Ninth Gate

The Ninth Gate

en

August 25, 1999

The Usual Suspects

The Usual Suspects

en

July 19, 1995

Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans

Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans

en

November 4, 1927

Stalag 17

Stalag 17

en

May 29, 1953

Angel Heart

Angel Heart

en

March 6, 1987