Summary
In this 1920 adaptation of Jack London’s seminal work, 'Burning Daylight' (Elam Harnish) is a titan of the Alaskan frontier, a man whose physical prowess and indomitable spirit have rendered him a legend among the permafrost. However, his mastery of the wild proves insufficient when he is lured into the labyrinthine corridors of New York high finance. A predatory financier, Nathaniel Curtis, orchestrates a series of sophisticated fleecing operations, using the seductive promise of stock market dominance and the calculated charms of his niece to entrap the rugged prospector. The narrative unfolds as a Darwinian clash between the visceral honesty of the wilderness and the serpentine machinations of urban avarice. Harnish, stripped of his fortune through a rigged stock deal, must rediscover his primal instincts to navigate the concrete jungle and reclaim his agency from those who mistake his ruggedness for simplicity.
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A financier tries several times to fleece a successful gold prospector, first on a visit to Alaska and later in New York City using his niece to entice the miner into a stock deal.
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