Sunday, June 30, 2013

The Ace of Hearts (1921)

Goldwyn Pictures
Directed by Wallace Worsley
My rating: 3 stars out of 4
IMDb
(DVD, Warner Bros.)

Chaney is a member of a "brotherhood" who targets a man for assassination. He does not get chosen to carry out the coveted hit, but the one who does marries the girl he loves that same night. Chaney waits outside their apartment all night in a driving rain storm on their honeymoon. The man and wife have second thoughts the next morning and Chaney suspects he won't go through with it. He does indeed back out, but for an unexpected reason. Meanwhile, Chaney makes a bargain with his wife which he is forced to carry out in the surprisingly tense ending.

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