Movie Description
The Challenge Accepted
(1918)Overview
In the Blue Ridge Mountains Postmaster's daughter Sally Haston loves Steve Carey, but wants him to enlist and fight the Germans during the Great War. Steve is unhappy at the training camp Steve argues with his roughneck tentmate Billy Murphy. When Steve deserts to visit Sally she takes him back to the camp, where Captain Roderick Brooke sympathetically explains the purpose of the war. Later, moonshiner James Grogan holes up with a gun to escape the draft and holds Sally prisoner. Her father organizes a posse, but Steve, home on leave, rescues her and announces that he is leaving for Europe to fight for democracy.
Featured Crew
Cast
Sally Haston
John Haston
Uncle Zeke Sawyer
Steve Carey
Tom Carey
Billy Murphy
James Grogan
Captain Roderick Brooke
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Facts
Original TitleThe Challenge Accepted
Status Released
Release Information
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1918-12-29
Original LanguageUnknown
Runtime 00h 50m
Production CompaniesArden Photoplays
Genres
- Drama
