Summary
Millowner Lem Bassett uses his foreman, Dave Trask, to obtain land for a larger dam, threatening the livelihood of the local community. When one man finds out he’s been tricked, Dave and his men dynamite the dam, risking the lives of Bassett’s family. This plot-driven drama explores themes of power, deception, and redemption in a small town setting.
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Millowner Lem Bassett uses his foreman, Dave Trask, whose power among the people in the neighborhood is great, to obtain their land so that he can build a bigger dam for water power, flooding the lands above it. One of these people finds that Bassett has tricked him, and he demands recompense. When it is refused, Dave leads a group of men to dynamite the dam. In the path of the waters is Bassett's home, where Dave's crippled daughter has been taken so that a famous specialist retained by Tom Bassett, nephew of Lem (who loves Dave's sister), may operate. Dave saves the child and Tom, and Bassett agrees to surrender.
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