The Scoffer

The Scoffer (1920) — drama film. Directed by Allan Dwan. Starring Mary Thurman, James Kirkwood, Philo McCullough, Rhea Mitchell. This page maps 6 characters and 4 relationships between them as an interactive character network.

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A disgraced physician moves from bitterness and denial toward a final confrontation with suffering, faith, and the limits of human power.

Drama · 9/10 · 70 min · 1920

Dr. Stannard Wayne -- like all "good" men of the times -- is a God-fearing soul. He marries the former mistress of his friend, Dr. Arthur Richards, without knowing her past. Richards, an abortionist, resumes his affair with the woman and runs off with her. But before he leaves, he frames Wayne for one of the illegal operations he has done, and the innocent man is sent to prison for five years. When he gets out, Wayne has become angry and cynical.

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