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The Radium Thieves (1915)
Short | Short, Crime, Drama

The Radium Thieves (1915)

Short | Short, Crime, Drama

Doctor Samuel Rayner, Superintendent of the American Skin and Cancer Hospital, is sent abroad to purchase a half a million dollars' worth of radium. He leaves his son, Robert, in charge and takes Betty Weston, a pretty nurse, with him to ...See moreDoctor Samuel Rayner, Superintendent of the American Skin and Cancer Hospital, is sent abroad to purchase a half a million dollars' worth of radium. He leaves his son, Robert, in charge and takes Betty Weston, a pretty nurse, with him to dress the radium burns on his hand, which has to be done daily. Incidentally he hopes to break up the growing intimacy between Betty and his son. Mallet, a hospital orderly, drops a hint to a band of international crooks, and they follow Doctor Rayner to get the radium. In Berlin a desperate attempt is made to secure the precious material, but thanks to Betty, is foiled. Turner and Crosson, members of the gang, keep on the trail of Dr. Rayner and Betty, and board the same steamer to America. During the voyage Crosson manages to obtain the case containing the radium, and unprotected from its deadly rays, becomes blind. Keeping quiet about their loss, the doctor and Betty hear of Crosson's blindness and at once know where the radium is. Betty, with the aid of a little chloroform, recovers the radium. Turner is furious, and sends a wireless ahead, which results in Betty and Dr. Rayner being kidnapped upon their arrival in New York. Crosson gets worse, so Turner and Mallet send for a doctor, who calls a specialist. Dr. Robert Rayner. son of their prisoner. Meanwhile, Turner and Mallet go to a nearby saloon, where they get to quarreling over the disposition of the radium, and Mallet drugs Turner. He then returns to the gang's headquarters and meets Doctor Rob Rayner. He and the crook have a desperate struggle. Turner, who has recovered consciousness, enters, and had it not been for the intervention of Betty would have killed Rob. The police are called, the gang taken away to jail, and their captive released. In consequence of this unexpected turn of affairs, Rob and Betty gain his father's consent to their marriage. Written by Moving Picture World synopsis See less

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7 cast members

Name	Known for
Charles Kent Dr. Samuel Rayner Dr. Samuel Rayner See fewer	As You Like It (1912)
Leah Baird Nurse Betty Weston Nurse Betty Weston See fewer	Don't Doubt Your Wife (1922)
Leo Delaney Dr. Robert Rayner Dr. Robert Rayner See fewer	As You Like It (1912)
Gladden James Walter Mallet Walter Mallet See fewer	The Third Degree (1919)
L. Rogers Lytton 'Gentleman' Dick Turner 'Gentleman' Dick Turner See fewer	The Third Degree (1919)
Denton Vane Tom Crosson Tom Crosson See fewer	An Enemy to the King (1916)
Garry McGarry Jim Warring Jim Warring See fewer	The Scarlet Runner (1916)