The Flame of Youth

The Flame of Youth

NR 1917 · 50 min · ★ 5.5 · Drama, Adventure

James Gordon, Sr., owner of the Gordon syndicate, dispatches his roughneck son Jimmy to investigate why production has fallen off in his opal mine on an island off the coast of lower California. After an argument with his fiancée, socialite Lucy Andrews, Jimmy leaves for the island where he is met by Juan, McCool's servant who, along with Jasper Sneedham, has been cheating the company. On the launch, Juan tries to eliminate Jimmy by hitting him over the head, but the lad escapes and swims to shore where he is rescued by Sneedham's stepdaughter Nadine. Nadine takes Jimmy to the hut of mine foreman Fred Haimer, the only honest man on the island.

Directed by Elmer Clifton · Written by Walter Woods

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Jack Mulhall Jimmy Gordon
Ann Forrest Lucy Andrews
Donna Drew Nadine
Hayward Mack Sir Beverly Wyndham
Alfred Allen Jasper Sneedham
Ed Brady McCool
Fred Montague James Gordon Sr.
Burton Law Beppo
Percy Challenger Fred Haimer
Harry Mann Bennie Zussbaum
Harry Morris Juan

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