Overview
As he lies dying, Count Florian Zuleski of Poland, the head of a committee working for perpetual peace among European nations, entrusts his daughter, Mayra, with the dangerous mission of delivering some important documents to New York. Arriving in the United States, Mayra is unable to establish contact with the Polish representative and goes to live with her aunt. She soon meets Brian Kelly, who is working as a traffic cop after being disinherited by his irate millionaire father for not entering into a marriage of convenience with patrician Janet Van Wyck.
Director and cast
- Jane Novak as Countess Mayra Zulenska
- Kenneth Harlan as Brian Kelly
- Sigrid Holmquist as Janet Van Wyck
- Frank Sheridan as Dominick Kelly
- Fuller Mellish as Count Florian
- Joseph Burke as Wenceslaus
- Walter James as Hund
- Herman Lieb as Baron von Rittenheim
- Blanche Craig as Aunt Honora Kelly
- Joseffa De Bok as Fraciska
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