Jack Dunton, an honest gambler, discovers that his ward, Verde, wants to study mine engineering, and he begins to cheat at cards in order to finance the boy's education. Returning from school 3 years later, Verde begins to lose himself in the wild life of the town, and Jack, determined to get them both out of town, breaks off with his mistress, Grace.
Is Avalanche worth your time today? If you’re a fan of silent-era melodramas or you just want to see Jack Holt looking incredibly stoic for sixty minutes, then yes. But if you can'...
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