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.
Release Date | October 19, 1915 | |
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Status | Released | |
Original Title | The Outer Edge | |
Runtime | 20min | |
Budget | — | |
Revenue | — | |
Language | No Language | |
Original Language | English | |
Production Countries | United States of America | |
Production Companies | The Essanay Film Manufacturing Company |