The Commanding Officer
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The Commanding Officer

DirectorAllan Dwan

A Thrilling Film Version of the Play that Stirred Two Continents.

1915
40 min
Drama

When Colonel Archer, the commanding officer of the military post, refuses to lend money to his second-in-command, Captain Waring, Waring obtains the money from Brent Lindsay, from the nearby mining town, in exchange for his promissory note. Both Waring and Lindsay court Floyd Bingham, the daughter of a retired colonel, but Floyd learns that Lindsay is involved with Queen, a dancing girl.

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