The Sea Waif

Overview

Harry Caton, a popular New York musical-comedy star, loses his voice on stage and then journeys to a small town on the New England coast to recuperate. Here Harry meets the beautiful Nancy Potter when he defends her against the drunken advances of Silas Jones, her father's friend. Although his daughter believes that he is a fisherman, Cail Potter is actually a thief, robbing houses along the coast with Silas as his accomplice. When Cail robs the wealthy Col. Brett's home, he finds an old miniature of a woman who exactly resembles Nancy, whom Cail rescued from a wrecked boat when she was just a year old. Soon after the robbery, Harry learns that the police are about to raid Cail's house, but Silas knocks him unconscious when he attempts to warn Nancy.

Directed by Frank Reicher

Top cast

Louise Huff

Nancy Potter

John Bowers

Harry Caton

Robert Broderick

Cail Potter

Clay Clement

Silas Jones

Florence Malone

Mrs. Chester

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Tony Merlo

Phil Warren

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Henry Warwick

Colonel Brett

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Louis Reinhard

Rankin

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T. Tamamoto

Japanese Servant

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Charles Dewey

Town Marshal

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Helen Russell

Chaperone

Details