Ned McCobb's Daughter (1928) [N/A]
Featuring:
Irene Rich, Theodore Roberts, Robert Armstrong
Written by:
Lenore J. Coffee
Beulah Marie Dix
Sidney Howard
Directed by:
William J. Cowen
Release Date:
December 2, 1928
Original Title:
Ned McCobb's Daughter
Genres:
Drama
Production Companies:
Pathé Exchange
Production Countries:
United States of America
Ratings / Certifications:
N/A
Runtime: 71
FACING DEATH She was prepared to Die that her Children might Live.
Carol runs a restaurant out of her house, while her husband George collects the ferry's tolls. Unbeknownst to Carol, George is allowing his bootlegger brother to use the house as a hiding place for his liquor.
Rumrunner Babe Callahan uses the home of his married brother, George, as a front for his operations. Carrie, George's wife, unaware of the arrangement, runs a restaurant in part of the large house, owned by her father, who is captain of the local ferry for which George collects the fares. George proves to be more the scoundrel than his bootlegging brother when he steals money from the fares to buy jewelry to purchase the affections of Jennie, a waitress. When a government official, Kelly, investigates the cellar of the house, George kills him, hiding the body in an apple bin. Prohibition officers arrive searching for Kelly but find instead trucks with false bottoms. The officials leave, staking-out nearby. Babe's first instinct is to flee, but he remains to protect Carrie and the children. George loads the trucks with the body and liquor, and he takes two of the children to avert suspicion. Carrie frantically enlists Babe's aid. A wild chase culminates with George plunging over a cliff to his death but not before Babe, racing alongside, rescues the children. Babe is arrested but promises Carrie he will return to her.
