Movie Description
The Governor's Boss
(1915)Overview
Honest Fordyce Manville newly elected Governor of New York refuses to appoint a man chosen by party leader Boss Tally to a prominent position having authority over a large amount of state funds. Tally threatens revenge and persuades his son Archie to break his engagement to Manville's daughter Ruth. Tally and his gang work out a plan to frame the governor but a clerk in Tally's office, who is Ruth's friend, informs her of the plot. Ruth and her friend manage to record the boss and his aides conspiring. Tally rushes the trial causing Ruth to arrive too late to stop the governor from being impeached on the first ballot, but justice wins out in the end.
Featured Crew
Cast
Fordyce Manville
William Sulzer - Ex-Governor of New York
Mrs. Morton
The Boss
Grace Ferguson
Ruth
Archie Tally
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Facts
Original TitleThe Governor's Boss
Status Released
Release Information
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1915-01-01
Original LanguageUnknown
Runtime 00h 50m
Production CompaniesUniversal Film Manufacturing Company
Genres
- Drama
